Sir, - About the pine weevil it is quite incorrect to say that it is new to Ireland. I felled and replanted a pine wood at Castle Oliver, in Kilfinane, in 1944.
The forest worker reported the presence of the weevil and recommended that we should "trap them". To do this, he laid small piles of fresh pine needles which attracted the insects. He then burnt these, causing a fall in the population to an acceptable level. - Yours, etc.
North Circular Road, Limerick.