Hatched chicks boost hopes for revival of sea eagles

A programme to reintroduce white-tailed sea eagles to Ireland has made a significant breakthrough, with chicks being hatched across four counties.

Eight pairs of eagles have this year nested and laid eggs, with five nests being producing in counties Cork, Clare, Galway and Kerry.

White-tailed sea eagle chicks have hatched in Lough Derg, near Mountshannon, Co Clare, Glengarriff, Co Cork, and Killarney National Park. Pairs also successfully hatched chicks at a nest in Co Galway for the first time and at another site in Kerry.