Pearl mussel plan will be worth €3.7m to south Kerry

A plan to help restore pearl mussel populations to south Kerry will be worth a reported €3.7m to the region.

The KerryLife project will operate in two freshwater pearl mussel catchments from 2014-2019 and will set out to develop favourable conservation conditions in the Caragh and Blackwater river catchments.

The mussel can live to more than 100 years of age.