Park rangers to be hired amid poaching concerns

Conservation rangers are being recruited by the National Parks and Wildlife Service amid growing concern in Killarney about the country’s first National Park.

There are reportedly four rangers to cover the 25,000-acre park and its surrounding buffer zone, a fraction of staff numbers during pre-austerity years.

Maintenance staff has also been severely depleted and general wear-and-tear of amenities is starkly obvious.