Fire services on high alert

FIRE services across the south-west are on high alert after a spate of fires on gorse and hills over the weekend.

It has been reported that some of the fires throughout Cork and Kerry were started deliberately.

The burning is illegal under the Wildlife Acts and Environment Minister John Gormley has warned action will be taken against offenders.

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