Poison suspected as another sea eagle found dead in Killarney

Yet another white-tailed sea eagle — one of 100 released in Killarney National Park as part of a reintroduction project — has been found dead, suspected of being poisoned.

The remains of the four-year-old male, named Ingar, was found in the Newbridge Rd area of Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh. It had spent most of 2014 in islands in Upper and Lower Lough Erne and there had been hopes it would mate this year.

The reintroduction project has suffered many setbacks, with 30 of the Norwegian birds dying since it began in 2007, many from poisoning.