Five new chicks hatched by Co Clare white-tailed eagles

'We are delighted to see this eagle that we know well form a new bond and start a new family' said Eamonn Meskell of the NPWS

The five chicks are the offspring of reintroduced white-tailed eagles. Two of them are the chicks of a male eagle that had lived alone for four years after the death of its first mate, but who has since bonded with another female. Picture: National Park and Wildlife Service/PA

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is celebrating the hatching of five new white-tailed eagle chicks in Co Clare.

The NPWS said the newly hatched chicks come from the bonding of eagles released under the white-tailed eagle reintroduction project, which aims to bring the species back to Ireland.