A Stormont department has been accused of ‘underhand’ tactics after contractors cut down a row of Newry’s oldest oak trees at 4.15am.
Police were called to Greenbank Industrial Estate on Wednesday morning as one man took a last stand to try and save what was left.
Eamon Burke, who grew up under their branches, had been giving a voice to the plight of the 200-year-old oaks for months.
