‘Wildlife will be well looked after’ in allotment scheme

Wildlife will be “well looked after” as part of a €200,000 public allotments scheme being developed on grassland in a Co Cork park, the people driving the project insisted yesterday.

Fine Gael county councillor Derry Canty dismissed concerns for butterflies and bees who breed on the site as the first sod was turned on the 70-space allotment project in Ballincollig’s Regional Park.

“The butterflies and bees will be well looked after,” Mr Canty said. “As part of the overall development of the allotments, a special area to the east of the site has been designated for the planting of wild plants and flowers to attract butterflies and bees.