Overview

• The National Parks and Wildlife Service located the nest in Cork City near an earlier sighting following intensive monitoring, with the exact site withheld for operational reasons.
• The discovery follows the trapping of an individual hornet on August 12 and subsequent confirmation of further sightings by authorities.
• A dedicated Asian Hornet Management Group chaired by the NPWS is coordinating the response and consulting UK experts as it plans nest removal.
• Officials say the species poses a serious threat to pollinators and that a single nest can devastate honeybee populations, though it is not considered a significant public-health risk.
• People are urged not to approach or capture suspected hornets and to report sightings with photographs via the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Alien Watch portal.