THE culprit is so small that it’s difficult to see, but it can strike with deadly effect. Cases of Lyme disease are increasing in Britain and people here are again being urged to take precautions.

The natural features of the Killarney National Park are being explored to see how they can be made to act as fire breaks.

LARGE amounts of water flowing into the North Atlantic from melting Polar ice caps, as a result of global warming, could have serious consequences for growing conditions along our south and west coasts.

Close to €1.5m has been spent reintroducing three species of birds of prey, one of which had been extinct here for more than 200 years.

The felling of around 70 cherry blossom trees which lined a popular walk in the tourist mecca of Killarney has sparked controversy.

Moves are under way to cut back dangerous trees along a 1km stretch of one of the country’s busiest tourist routes. A number of fatal accidents involving trees have occurred on the Ring of Kerry road just outside Killarney and recent storms have made trees unstable, it has been claimed.

Recent studies into wildlife in Ireland have thrown up some interesting findings, with more people now taking note of what is emerging from universities and research institutes.

KILLARNEY’S jarveys, locked out for a second time this year from the Killarney National Park, are seeking compensation from the Government to abandon the centuries-old trade.

LEADING environmentalist Eanna Ní Lamhna yesterday hit out at “silly nonsense” spoken by people who had no environmental education and who thought humans were the only species on Earth.

A CONTROVERSIAL deer fencing project is “absolutely essential” to ensure the future survival of oakwoods in Killarney National Park, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) insisted yesterday.

Dónal Hickey