Plea to landowners as gorse fires rage

FIRE officers issued an appeal to landowners to respect the law as gorse fires continued to blaze in Kerry during the weekend.

The Wildlife Act bans such burning between March 1 and August 31, but fire brigades have been called to almost 100 fires started on hills and uplands in Kerry in the past week.

Yesterday, brigades from Listowel, Ballybunion, Killarney, Caherciveen, Sneem, and Killorglin were attending fires in their areas.