A nest has been identified in and around the area where the initial Asian hornet was sighted on the southern side of Cork City. National Parks and Wildlife Service located the nest after an exhaustive and intense search. The nest will be removed and the hornet population destroyed to prevent queen hornets from dispersing and establishing new nests. The nest will be taken to the National Museum of Ireland for investigations and tests to determine the likely origin. Survey and monitoring efforts have been intensified to manage the outbreak and protect biodiversity.
The good news is - and I know people may be alarmed and maybe alerted by the fact that we now have a confirmed sighting of an Asian Hornet nest because of the devastating impacts that an Asian hornet outbreak would have on biodiversity and nature in general - but it is a success story. You have to understand the timeline of this species.
It is expected that every nest will contain a number of queen hornets. Obviously, if queen hornets get out into wider circulation, they may go build their own nests, and the population may increase that way,
We believe that we have got ahead of this, and by the quick effort of National Parks and Wildlife rangers.
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