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New 'Robot Trees' Installed on Cork City Streets

The Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher, with Frank O'Flaherty and Donal Scanlon at the launch of Cork City Council's Innovative Air Quality Strategy 2021-2026 today. Mr Kelleher said the devices will be trialed for 12 months and if deemed successful, more could be deployed. Photo: Larry Cummins

The high-tech 'trees' take in particulate matter but have been criticised as a 'costly and ineffectual gimmick'.

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