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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Ragwort, bramble flowers, ox eye daisy, thistle, cow parsley, teasel... "These are generous plants that offer a lifeline to bees and butterflies, at least as deserving of space as anything we might intentionally plant or grow" — Anja Murray</p>

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Anja Murray: Don't reject the generosity of wild self-sown flowering plants

The now widely recognised problems facing insect pollinators are closely linked to losses of such native forage plants in our landscapes over the course of the past 100 years

<p>A rose-ringed parakeet (picture: Denis Minhane); and an Asian hornet (picture: Scott Camazine). Both are classed as invasive species here</p>

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Donal Hickey: Have you spotted any parakeets or hornets among invaders here?

<p>A bee on ragwort at Sun Valley Drive, Cork city. Ragwort attracts pollinators and is also an important host plant for the cinnabar moth. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Illegal plant is everywhere and thriving

Council drafts plan to tackle noxious weed infestation in Cork a year after issue raised

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Council drafts plan to tackle noxious weed infestation in Cork a year after issue raised

Karen Walsh: Good year for the noxious weeds

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Karen Walsh: Good year for the noxious weeds

Q&A: Weeds interfere with grass and animal production

farming

Q&A: Weeds interfere with grass and animal production

Denis Lehane: How I won the Battle of the Ragwort

Denis Lehane: How I won the Battle of the Ragwort

Today I am a sight to behold, with the arms of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the back of Quasimodo. And the reason why I’m in such a peculiar state has all to do with the job I undertook over the bank holiday weekend.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2015

Control of grassland weeds guide

Control of grassland weeds guide

Best control of docks will be achieved in good growing conditions when docks are actively growing, and nutrients are actively being transported to new foliage and roots.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015