Stop in the name of slug: Road re-routed

THE little known Kerry Slug has crawled its way into the spotlight following a recent decision to re-route a small section of a major new roadway linking Cork and Kerry.

Not for the first time has a member of the snail family stood in the way of road construction, as the story of the snail on Pollardstown Fen on the route of the Kildare bypass illustrated some years ago.

It’s the presence of such a creature that highlights the overall environmental value of the habitat in which they are found. Hence the need to conserve that habitat in an era of mass destruction of nature.