That's not the kind of reply we wanted -Warnock

"That's not the kind of response we wanted," said Cathaoirleach Justin Warnock at the latest meeting of Manorhamilton Municipal District. 

The council was told that ash dieback disease is now widespread throughout the country and its impact on ash trees in forests, on roadside and hedgerow ash in private gardens and in other locations is increasingly evident year on year in a response from the office of Minister Charlie  McConalogue who was replying to a motion put forward. 
The response continued that the care and management of trees adjacent to roads is the responsibility of the landowner on whose land the roadside trees are growing and it is advisable that landowners make themselves aware of the full legal extent of their land ownership and of any obligations arising. 

The Fianna Fáil councillor continued that "90 per cent of all the ash trees in the country will die; there are millions of them and there are along every regional and local road" adding that it would be difficult for landowners on regional roads to remove the trees safely without closing the road. 
He said it would "break some farmers" as the cost of removing the trees could potentially be significantly high in some instances. 
He said: "They'll have to step up and the money has to be found; and work in collaboration with the local authority."