A group of Tipperary landowners claim they are being forced by Irish Rail to remove hedgerows.
Members of the Save Our Hedgerows group held a demonstration at Nicholastown railway gates between Cahir and Clonmel last night on the Limerick – Waterford line.
They say within the space of a couple of days, hundreds of metres of ancient hedgerows have been mulched and replaced with a concrete-post fence.
PRO with the group PJ O’Meara says many landowners have felt pressured by Irish Rail to remove the ditches.
