QUEEN S Valley and Val de la Mare reservoirs will reopen on Saturday following damage caused by Storm Ciarán.Both reservoirs were closed the day before the storm hit the Island and remained closed for two weeks as uprooted trees made footpaths impas.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for the biggest tree-planting programme since the Great Storm – using government and private-sector funding – after Storm Ciarán caused widespread destruction across the countryside.Experts want ministers to set up .
THE full impact of Storm Ciarán on the Island’s trees and habitats is yet to be understood, the Environment Minister has said.Deputy Jonathan Renouf added that “we don’t have anything close to a reasonable estimate” of the number of trees fe.