Ash dieback is decimating ash populations across Europe, including Ireland. First detected here in 2012, the disease spreads through airborne spores and infects trees via leaf litter.

It was first noted in Ireland in October 2012 on plants imported from Continental Europe and is now recorded in every county. The disease can affect ash trees of any age and in any setting.

Autumn colours at Whipsnade Tree Cathedral, Bedfordshire (National Trust/Justin Minns/PA) Ash dieback, which was first seen in the UK in 2012, causes leaf loss and crown dieback and can lead to ...

Ash dieback, which was first seen in the UK in 2012, causes leaf loss and crown dieback and can lead to tree death, and threatens to wipe out to 80% of Britain’s native ash trees, as they have ...