Thieves target hedging, traffic lights in Co. Cork

Some criminals will nick anything that’s not nailed down, but eyebrows have been raised about why they would want to steal 90m of semi-mature hedging which was planted as part of a road realignment project.

Cork County Council officials have also reported an alarming development in the theft of temporary traffic lights.

The council put down the hedging two years ago as part of a €3m road realignment project at Twopothouse, between Mallow and Doneraile.