NPWS pays Kildare Wildlife Rescue €50k for helping to rehabilitate birds caught in oil spill

Dan Donoher, founder of Kildare Wildlife Rescue, which helped to rescue more than 150 birds earlier this year. Photo: Moya Nolan

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has confirmed it gave €50,000 to Kildare Wildlife Rescue a newly opened charity that rescues and rehabilitates wildlife over an oil spill that affected more than 150 birds earlier this year.

The multi-agency response to the spill in May involved the Oiled Wildlife Response Network (OWRN), Birdwatch Ireland, the Coastguard and Kildare Wildlife Rescue (KWR).