White-tailed agles set free in Killarney

WITH a few gentle wing flaps and expressions of godspeed from well-wishers, white-tailed eagles were again soaring across Irish skies, yesterday, for the first time in 100 years.

From a secret location in Killarney National Park, upwards of a dozen eaglets were released into the wild as part of an exciting project to re-introduce them to Ireland.

The white-tailed eaglets were brought here from Norway at the end of June and have been kept in release cages in Killarney National Park.