Eagles may soar over Killarney after 100-year absence

A HUGE bird of prey extinct in Cork and Kerry for about 100 years may be reintroduced to Killarney National Park.

An expert committee is working on a project to bring back the white-tailed sea eagle, the fourth-largest eagle in the world with a wing span up to eight feet.

The park authorities have had meetings with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) which yesterday claimed the eagles could take lambs.