Probe into hen harrier fatal shooting

Gardaí and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a protected species of bird in Kerry.

Harriet, the young female hen harrier, had been followed by thousands of people online as part of a satellite tracking project run by the NPWS and local community group IRD Duhallow.

Her progress was tracked at henharrierireland.blogspot.ie and the site’s last update reported a sighting of her in Kerry before Christmas.