Killarney National Park’s features could act as firebreaks

The natural features of the Killarney National Park are being explored to see how they can be made to act as fire breaks.

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys said the National Parks and Wildlife Service was putting forward suggestions to a working group on wild fires that streams, paths and rivers should be harnassed.

The agency is having to tread a fine line between interference and using the features in such a highly protected landscape as the park.