Wildlife service should kill more deer, says judge

A judge has said the State agency responsible for wildlife is not doing enough to kill sufficient numbers of deer resulting in motorists facing the danger of the animals landing on their car bonnets.

Judge Patrick Durcan made his comment at Killaloe District Court after a Co Roscommon man pleaded guilty to hunting deer without a licence near the Co Clare village of Scarriff on January 21 last.

Brian Dolan, a 42-year-old father of three of Cloonslanor, Strokestown, admitted shooting a male fallow deer at Gortnaderra.