Bumper year for Christmas tree growers as sales top €22million and thefts are chopped out
Oisín Carson (5) picks a Christmas tree at Wicklow Way farm in Roundwood
Sarah Slater
A seasonal operation designed to chop-out Christmas Tree thefts worth hundreds of thousands of euro is being hailed as a huge success.
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