Two more white-tailed sea eagles, introduced to the Killarney National Park from Norway as part of the raptor reintroduction programme over the past five years, have been found dead.
Poisoning has been confirmed in the case of the bird found on the seashore near Glengarriff on January 18th. A second bird has been found at Derrynane on the Ring of Kerry and the carcass is being analysed.
Twenty-six of the original 100 birds have now been recovered dead, 12 of them poisoned.
The white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and red kite reintroduction projects in the Republic are managed by the Golden Eagle Trust in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.