Group campaigns to ‘welcome back’ white-tailed sea eagles in south-west

THE tourism industry, community organisations and conservationists came out strongly, at the weekend, in support of a controversial plan to reintroduce the white-tailed sea eagle to the south-west.

They have formed the Kerry White-tailed Eagle Support Group, whose chairman, Jerry O’Grady, said the plan was “‘’warmly welcomed’’ by a large cross-section of people, despite some negative publicity.

He said the reintroduction of the eagle would bring social and economic benefits to the region.