Residents say household water supplies have turned brown in the southern corner of Laois making it unfit to drink or wash with, according to a county councillor.
years, rose lane. this land has been in their family for generations. i brought chuck out to visit my trees when we were dating, and he said, yeah, i d like that. reporter: the plantation is one of the most influential tree forms in the country. and lavell is as sought after for his sustainable forrestry as his piano playing. last year the world lost 32 million acres of forrest land. lavell is trying to reverse that trend. how many trees do you think you planted? i think probably about 726 per acre, and there s about 30 acres, so you ll have to do the math on that. that s just a small section of the farm. lavell estimates he s planted nearly a million trees on some 2300 acres. but this rolling stone s no tree hugger, he believes the trees can be responsibly cut down to build homes, schools.