Ah lads.

Jerry O’Sullivan, presenter of Kerry Today on Radio Kerry, writes:

Above is just Just a selection of pictures from all over Kerry in the past month since the ban on burning came into force on March 1.  There has been a 700% rise in this illegal burning compared to last year. Environmentalists are enraged at habitat and biodiversity destruction.
Kerry Fire service and NPWS are yet to count the cost that is likely to run into the hundreds of thousands possibly more. Farmers say if they don’t clear land they lose out on single farm payments and want the ban on burning land lifted. Because it’s illegal the burning is not controlled and the Fire service isn’t getting a heads up in advance. The Department has set up a crisis room….in Dublin. Some men just want to watch the world burn eh?

Anyone?