‘Stuka dive-bomber’ gulls killing mature sheep inland

Giant seagulls have begun attacking and killing mature sheep inland in South and West Kerry, it has emerged.

Also, in one dramatic attack, a seagull swooped on a motorcyclist on the road between Waterville and Cahersiveen. The man compared it to a Second World War Stuka dive-bomb attack, so expertly was it executed, with the gull protecting his wings.

News of the attacks comes just days after Fianna Fáil’s Senator Denis O’Donovan demanded a cull of the “vicious” seabirds, saying it was coming to the stage where they are endangering society.