Health fears as bedbug infestations rise 66%

BEDBUG infestations here are up by two-thirds, according to experts in pest eradication.

Entomologist Professor Michael F Potter is coming to Ireland next week to explain why bedbugs have become a “global epidemic” and to discuss ways of dealing with them.

Increased travel as well as a booming trade in second-hand goods are blamed for the spread of the pests, while climate change doesn’t escape the rap sheet either as the creatures flourish in warmer weather.