A tracking device attached to an Asian hornet enabled authorities to locate its nest in Co Cork, Ireland. The operation followed multiple sightings of the invasive species in the area. The device was… · Photo : sludgegulper · CC BY-SA · Flickr

A nest of Asian hornets was discovered near Ringaskiddy in Cork using miniature tracking devices. The Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) confirmed the nest’s location and plans to remove… · Photo : Rab . · CC BY · Flickr

The NPWS will remove the nest and continue monitoring the Cork area to establish whether any others are present

The search operation involved the use of miniature tracking transmitters

The nest was located near Ringaskiddy and will now be removed, but monitoring will continue to identify any further activity

Asian hornets tracked to nest near Ringaskiddy using miniature transmitters

The nest was located near Ringaskiddy and will now be removed, but monitoring will continue to identify any further activity

An Asian hornet nest has been located near Ringaskiddy in Co Cork following an intensive search operation involving the use of miniature radio transmitters attached to live hornets.

Asian hornet nest located near Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, after search involving miniature transmitters attached to live hornets

An intensive surveillance and monitoring operation to locate and remove an Asian hornet nest in the Ringaskiddy area of Co Cork is under way, according to Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O'Sullivan. The operation, which is being conducted by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), was escalated following the successful capture of a second Asian hornet yesterday close to the location where an initial specimen was photographed by a member of the public late last week. The minister said he has strong confidence that a rapid response team searching for the Asian hornet nest in Ringaskiddy will succeed in locating it. Conservation rangers said they are now certain there is a nest in the area after catching an Asian hornet in a trap today and observing others foraging among ivy around a disused building close to the search site. Watch: Asian hornet discovered in Cork Experts from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the National Biodiversity Data Centre have been on the ground since yesterday evening trying to track the much-feared invasive species back to its nest. NPWS conservation rangers successfully attached a tiny transmitter to the back of an Asian hornet. The Asian hornet was...

Wildlife rangers attempting to find and remove possible nest in Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour

An intensive surveillance and monitoring operation to locate and remove an Asian hornet nest in the Ringaskiddy area of Co Cork is under way.

An intensive surveillance and monitoring operation to locate and remove an Asian hornet nest in the Ringaskiddy area of Co Cork is under way.

Hi-tech solution as second hornet found near Ringaskiddy

An NPWS operation is underway to locate an Asian hornet nest in the Ringaskiddy area.

Experts are racing to locate a possible nest before a mated queen can escape and overwinter elsewhere in Ireland