Battle against rhodo is never-ending

SOME things most definitely never change — the compelling beauty of Killarney, hordes of American tourists alighting from buses, boats on the lakes and the age-old Gap of Dunloe.

Neither do problems go away — pollution in Lough Lein, the threat to other plants and trees from rhododendron and the growth of the deer population.

It’s always fascinating to look back in time and, last Wednesday night, RTÉ rebroadcast a television programme made almost 30 years ago in Killarney National Park.