Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys believes specialist contractors are required to rid Killarney’s National Park of the invasive rhododendron plant. About €2.8m has been spent over the past 10 years trying to curb the plant’s spread.

ERIC CONWAY’S letter of December 17th asserts that an ill defined group he termed the “liberal/feminist commentariat” were, amongst other things, “quite sanguine/blase over Bethany House”.