by admin | Jun 5, 2021 | News
Sinead Kelleher April 28 2021 07:36 AM Farming Independent It has been a dark weekend for Killarney with the loss of thousands of acres of prime national park in the most devastating fire in the area for almost four decades. Thankfully, there was no loss of life in...
by admin | Jun 5, 2021 | News
SAT, 01 MAY, 2021 – 10:28 LIZ DUNPHY An alarming phone call last Saturday at 4am began a five-day battle against a raging fire for Seamus Hassett, ecologist and regional manager of Killarney National Park. Herculean efforts by Mr Hassett, his team, the...
by admin | Jun 5, 2021 | News
Article by Anne Lucey – Irish Times The Lakes of Killarney and the lands around them will be destroyed unless gorse fires are stopped, say environmentalists Sat, May 22, 2021, 01:00 Anne Lucey Read this timely article on the Irish Times Looking at the damage...
by admin | Jun 5, 2021 | News
Article by Paddy Woodworth – Irish Times Evidence suggests management of landscape needs to be independently examined Thu, Jun 3, 2021, 01:00 Paddy Woodworth There has been much speculation about the immediate cause of the massive fire in Killarney National Park...
by admin | Jul 17, 2020 | News
Article by Paddy Woodworth – Irish Times Many people had hoped that our new Government, with its Green Party Ministers, might make some immediate gesture, committing to managing our natural heritage more wisely than its predecessors. Yet its first move has been...
by admin | May 19, 2019 | News
RHODODENDRON, ONCE ALMOST ERADICATED FROM KILLARNEY NATIONAL PARK’S FINEST OAK WOODS, HAS RETURNED. THIS VIGOROUS INVASIVE PLANT IS AGAIN THREATENING THE FORESTS, AND THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY. WHY? Read Paddy...
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