You're kidding: Cost of rounding up herd of goats from busy Cork road tops €1,000 a head

It has prompted calls for the council and department of agriculture to pursue the owners of the animals, and to hold them responsible

Labour Cllr John Maher said: 'I can see goats wandering along the road, grazing up on the ditches sometimes up to three times a day.' File picture: Denis Minihane

It costs more than €1,000 a head to round up a small herd of wandering goats posing a danger to traffic on Cork’s busy North Ring Road.

Figures released to Labour Cllr John Maher show that Cork City Council spent €11,000 rounding up nine goats from the general Ballyvolane area in recent weeks, with officials estimating that there are at least another eight still to be removed.