Cork Association for Autism to alter fun walk plan on balloon release

The Cork Association for Autism has changed its plans to release gas-filled balloons as part of its annual ‘Blue Balloon and Fun Walk’ amid fears of potential risks to the environment.

The environmental lobby group Friends of the Irish Environment called on the Cork Association for Autism to amend its planned balloon release, ahead of its event this Sunday.

Friends of the Irish Environment director Tony Lowes said that if the public knew how hazardous balloons are to the environment they would never allow them to be released.