400 sites in Cork ‘seriously infested’ with knotweed

More than 400 roadside sites in Co Cork have been identified as having serious infestation of an invasive plant.

However, Cork County Council has a limited budget to deal with the increasing problem of Japanese knotweed and, furthermore, cannot enter private land for the purpose of checking.

The council is to write to the Department of the Environment seeking more funds for its eradication and also to the Department of Agriculture seeking its assistance in identifying farms where infestation may also be occurring.