Campaign to plant 100 million trees arrives in local Tipperary town

The One Hundred Million Trees Project has announced a new partnership with Tipperary County Council as part of the next phase of its 2025 national planting campaign.

This ambitious initiative, which deploys a novel planting technique perfected in Japan is well on course to plant 550,000 trees across Ireland at hundreds of sites by May of this year.

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The regional planting programme now moves to Tipperary with a significant event at the Dun Muileann Housing Estate, just outside Thurles undertaken today, sponsored by Allied Irish Banks.

A site has been cleared and transformed into a thriving green space with 5,500 native-variety tree saplings, contributing to the 100MT Project’s mission of fostering environmental sustainability and enhancing biodiversity.

Local volunteers, transition year students from local secondary schools gathered today to participate in this important crusade to create a greener, more sustainable future for the region.

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Founded in 2022 by siblings Richard, David, and Tina Mulcahy, the 100MT Project has already passed some impressive milestones with 20,000 trees planted in its first year and 200,000 in its second year across 85 sites in 23 counties.

The ambitious goal for the current planting season, is to plant a further 550,000 trees across 230 sites in 29 counties, by May of this year.

"AIB is delighted to support the tree planting at Dun Muileann Housing Estate for this meaningful native Irish tree planting project," said Mr Nial Hogan, AIB Branch Manager Thurles.

"AIB is committed to supporting communities and the transition to a low carbon economy and by combining our efforts, we are creating a lasting impact on the local environment."

Ms Sharon Scully, Thurles Municipal District Administrator and coordinator, expressed gratitude for the collaboration, saying, "We are thrilled to partner with the 100MT Project and AIB for this important initiative. It is inspiring to see the response from the local community in Thurles who are coming together to make a small but important positive environmental impact, protecting biodiversity and contributing to the future wellbeing of future generations."

The 100MT invites community members, environmental advocates, and volunteers to get involved in achieving this season’s ambitious goal.