Environment
An Taisce called for targeted measures to address grazing pressure from growing deer, feral goat, and sheep populations in the national park.
Rural Life
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is seeking the public's views on the future of Ireland's newest national park.
The NPWS is to commission habitat condition assessments on two sites at Ireland's newest national park, Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí.
The NPWS has invested more than €50 million in "nature protection and restoration projects" over the past 18 months.
A farmer in Co. Kerry has said that consultation with farmers will be crucial to the success of Ireland's newest national park.
Farmers in west Kerry will not be faced with any additional burdens as a result of the establishment of a new national park.
Ireland's newest and largest national park, which will be located in west Kerry, has been officially launched by the government today.
The government is set to announce the creation of a national park in west Kerry later today (Monday, April 22).
