Location: Parkville Farm Fethard Road Clonmel
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Dear All,
Hedgerows Ireland wishes to make you aware of a peaceful protest to be held tomorrow, Thursday 3rd October at 5.30pm at the below roadside location at Parkville, Clonmel.
The purpose of the protest is to ask Mr John Magnier, Coolmore stud, to withdraw his application to demolish the beautiful vernacular farm courtyard at this location and to undertake to retain the ancient hedgerows, limekiln, walled garden, trees and duck pond on this 65 acre farm he recently acquired.
Mr Magnier has unfortunately not responded to several letters from our group including an open letter to the Nationalist newspaper requesting a meeting to discuss his plans for the farm which is on the edge of Clonmel. Our group has reason to believe that the hedgerows and landscape features are at imminent risk of removal, and the farm buildings in due course if permission is granted by Tipperary Co.Council.
The farm had been leased to dairy man John Hurley and his family for the last 50 years. John was one of 47 others who bid for the farm earlier this year but which was bought by Coolmore for over 38,000 euro per acre.
John, who went public with his concerns about the future of the farm in the Farming Independent newspaper recently reports frequent sightings of owls, badgers, bats, and many species of songbirds on Parkville farm which is a biodiversity haven as well as a productive farm.
Our group is dedicated to all aspects of hedgerow welfare and regrets that Coolmore has a policy of removing internal hedgerows from newly acquired farms for tillage creating mega fields of up to 100 acres, a practice which is now widely regarded as environmentally and ecologically disastrous. We promote good hedgerow management practices which are consistent with profitable farming and are supported by farming organisations, Teagasc as well as environmental NGO's.
Our group is also supported by farmers who are unable to purchase land in the Tipperary area and wider due to billionaire investment land purchase.
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Please circulate this as you see fit.
Yours faithfully,
Alan Moore 086 1739707