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Sat 11 Nov 2009Floods claim recycled Christmas tree
FRANTIC EFFORTS were being made last night to salvage a 100ft steel Christmas tree which went adrift in the raging floods of the River Shannon, where it was to be erected in mid-stream for the festive period.
The tree, made entirely from recycled steel, escaped its moorings as it was being tugged into place in the middle of the river.
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