Cattle deaths by lead poisoning to cost €11k

Up to 70 local people turned out “to comb” a field in North Kerry where 20 cattle died after ingesting lead in the past week.

The deaths — which came after the young cattle licked pieces of discarded battery in a number of locations in the six-acre roadside field at Meelcon, Tarbert — is the subject of a garda investigation.

Gardaí have again appealed for information from the public.