Group gets to root of knotweed issue

A small, dedicated group of people is fighting a successful battle against an invasive species which is capable of destabilising houses.

The group in Glounthaune, Co Cork, could be described as best in class when it comes to tackling Japanese knotweed, which is becoming a scourge in many communities.

Glounthaune Tidy Towns members identified 80 of the plants in their area and were so concerned that they set about eradicating them, which meant they had to inject every one of the plants’ 120,000 stems.