Killarney Park officials hope to ‘engage’ jarveys

THE National Parks and Wildlife Service has said it hoped for “positive engagement” from the jarveys regarding the use of dung catchers.

Killarney National Park attracts more than a million visitors annually and NPWS regional manager Eamonn Meskell said they had been concerned for some time about the fouling of pathways by the jarveys’ horses.

He said dung gave rise to health and safety concerns and could cause cross-contamination from children’s buggies, bringing dung into family cars and the Muckross restaurant.