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 ...

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 ...

The group said there is a difference between conservation areas left all year long, 'No Mow May' areas which are few, and grass verges not being mown because of how wet it was at the start of spring.