'It makes us look like barbarians': No prosecution after white-tailed eagle poisoned in Kerry

There have been three cases of white-tailed eagles being poisoned and killed in 2025 so far despite the bird species being protected under the Wildlife Act

It is estimated that there are now approximately 150 individual eagles in the wild in Ireland, enough to maintain and sustain the population. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan/NPWS

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has been unable to prosecute following the poisoning of one of their white-tailed eagles.

The white-tailed eagle female was found dead earlier this year, only a few weeks following the discovery of a separate eagle poisoning.