Objections fail to halt sea eagle plan

DESPITE objections from farmers, white-tailed sea eagles are to be introduced into Kerry this year.

Minister of State Batt O’Keeffe confirmed at the weekend that the plan by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to release 75 eagle chicks in Killarney National Park over the next five years was going ahead.

Since the controversial plan was announced earlier this year by Environment Minister Dick Roche, hundreds of farmers in Kerry and west Cork have vehemently opposed it at a series of IFA meetings, claiming the eagles would prey on lambs.