Jarveys lose bid to get dung catcher court order lifted

KILLARNEY’S jarveys have lost their bid to lift a court order which bars them from entering Killarney National Park until they agree to attach dung catchers.

The proceedings were taken against the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Department of the Environment and Local Government by 27 jarveys.

Mr Justice Liam McKechnie said the jarveys had not satisfied him that the imposition of the dung catcher requirement was in any way outside the powers contained in the relevant 1932 Memorial Park Act.