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Investigator Kieran Buckley says the National Parks and Wildlife Service has grown in size and activity but it needs more powers to tackle the scale of wildlife crime

While the cuckoo has been well-studied during the breeding season, very little is known about the routes they take once they head off on migration

The Killarney National Park, Autumn Gathering takes place this weekend. (21-22 October).Autumn is the highlight of the nature calendar in the national park, wit...

With just a month to go until the second annual ‘Autumn Gathering’ in Killarney National Park (KNP) excitement is beginning to build for what should be quite the exciting and jam-packed few days on October 21 and 22.

14 May 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie What’s the story with Biodiversity? CECAS to host Biodiversity Q&A Event on May 25th 2023 In May 2019 the Dáil voted to declare a Biodiversity Emergency, making Ireland the first country in the world to do so. This year, in April, The Recommendations and Report of the Citizens’…

Killarney National Park is thought of as one of Ireland’s “jewels in the crown” in terms of flora and fauna.

John Murphy was fined €2,000 for the removal of 112 metres of hedgerow and the grubbing at a further 180 metres of hedgerow on his land.

John Murphy was fined €2,000 for the removal of 112 metres of hedgerow and the grubbing at a further 180 metres of hedgerow on his land.

John Murphy was fined €2,000 for the removal of 112 metres of hedgerow and the grubbing at a further 180 metres of hedgerow on his land.

Judge James McNulty issued fines totalling €4,000 on two neighbouring landowners for hedgerow destruction, contrary to the provisions of the Wildlife Act.