Government to spend €650k on efforts to cut bird and hare strikes at military airbase

Casement Airbase is home to the Irish Air Corps and Garda Air Support Unit, as well as housing the government jet used by the President, Taoiseach and ministers for official business. File picture: Billy Higgins

The Department of Defence is set to spend €650,000 on wildlife control measures to reduce the risk of bird and hare strikes at its military airbase in Baldonnel, which can threaten the safety of incoming and outgoing flights.

Casement Airbase is home to the Irish Air Corps and Garda Air Support Unit, as well as housing the government jet used by the President, Taoiseach and ministers for official business.