A reduced schedule of cutting on roadside verges is to continue in Northern Ireland, in the absence of ... duty to maintain the road network, to cut grass to prevent overgrowth onto footways ...

Mr Lister added: “The council is doing less and less: the grass is not being mown in verges everywhere, the road signs are being blocked off and they are not replacing the hanging baskets.

The Stormont Executive is responsible for Northern Ireland roads, pavements and other street infrastructure such as lamp-posts, as well as the public grass verges surrounding them. Councillors at ...

A long-running campaign encouraging councils to let neatly-mown grass verges become mini meadows where wildflowers and wildlife can flourish appears to be building up a head of steam. Since 2013 ...

Úna Fitzpatrick, head of the All Ireland ... and road verges in Midleton and Ballinacurra were left to flower into long flowering meadows. A five-acre area of frequently mown grass in Midleton ...

Oxford's roadside grass ... verges will be exempt from the new mowing schedule. These verges were identified as biodiverse habitats following an ecological assessment and will only be mown once ...

Oxford's roadside grass ... verges will be exempt from the new mowing schedule. These verges were identified as biodiverse habitats following an ecological assessment and will only be mown once ...