Once-extinct white-tailed eagles reintroduced in Kerry

Peter Jones gets a quick peek at of one of the 23 White-tailed eagle chicks that arrived in Kerry Airport today. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

White-tailed eagle chicks have arrived in Kerry today as part of a landmark collaboration to restore the native and once-extinct bird to Ireland.

As part of a long-term reintroduction project, 23 eagle chicks were collected from nests in west-central Norway and transported by plane to Kerry Airport.