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Mon 02 Feb 2010Tree-felling fuels cost row over Irish Embassy
FELLING OF trees at the Irish Ambassador to Canada’s residence in Ottawa, allegedly to make way for a swimming pool that may never be built, has caused dismay among residents of the city’s diplomatic belt in Rockcliffe Park.
Iola Price, vice-president of the local residents’ association, complained that four mature beech trees had been removed to make way for two large wings that were added to the residence at a cost of seven million Canadian dollars (€4.78 million).
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