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# Deer

Last year
2022
# public consultation
Government wants to hear from the public over how the nation's deer population is controlled
Deer culls take place each year to control the population.
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Dec 21st 2022, 11:59 AM
# Watch Out
Drivers urged to be cautious around deer breeding season
Deer are particularly at risk from late September to early November as they move around more.
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Oct 4th 2022, 11:33 AM
All time
# OPW
34 deer killed in Phoenix Park as part of 'managed cull' this week
The animals – 22 females and 12 males – were culled on Tuesday.
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Nov 4th 2021, 6:30 AM
# oh deer
People feeding Phoenix Park deer is harming the herd, researcher warns
People are being urged to “let the wildlife stay wild”.
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Jul 22nd 2021, 8:42 PM
# Cull
Deer cull begins in Killarney National Park to manage red and Sika herds
The cull will continue until mid-March.
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Feb 26th 2020, 10:10 PM
# Victoria
Pet stag kills man and critically injures woman in Australia
The Australian Deer Association said it was rare for deer to attack people.
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Apr 17th 2019, 7:31 AM
# oh deer
'The deer are taking over': Danny Healy-Rae asks if army will be sent to Kerry as locals face 'turmoil and tears'
And Healy-Rae wasn’t impressed with the government’s response.
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Mar 27th 2019, 8:32 AM
# fallow deer
34 deer killed as part of regular cull at Phoenix Park
Culls are aimed at managing the Phoenix Park deer population which numbers close to 500.
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Jan 9th 2019, 5:43 PM
# year in the life
Phoenix Park deer: 'The bucks are in the bachelor area ... the females are up near Castleknock'
There are roughly 500 deer at any one time in the park, with a new batch of fawns ready to arrive in June.
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May 25th 2018, 2:10 PM
# Cull
State-hired marksman shot over 200 deer in the Phoenix Park in the last two years
A total of 203 deer were shot by the marksman as part of eight culls carried out in 2016 and 2017.
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Feb 6th 2018, 4:30 PM
# Shot Down
Anger over calls for 50,000 deer to be culled in Wicklow
Deer experts say the calls are based on bad science.
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Apr 2nd 2017, 10:00 PM
# Monkey Business
Research reveals 'highly unusual' behaviour of male monkey trying to have sex with female deer
The study is only the second on the phenomenon of inter-species sex.
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Jan 11th 2017, 8:28 AM
# oh deer
Reindeer are shrinking: Warmer weather threatens Christmas icon
And before you use that Father Ted joke – no, the reindeer aren’t just far away.
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Dec 12th 2016, 2:45 PM
# on the hunt
US hunter 'paid substantial sum' for licence to shoot rare red deer in Killarney
The Wild Deer Association of Ireland is investigating the allegations.
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Dec 5th 2016, 10:26 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
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Feb 3rd 2016, 4:52 PM
# culled
Outrage as severed heads of deer found in Killarney bin
The animals had been culled by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Feb 3rd 2016, 3:42 PM
# Collision Course
Deer from Kerry roaming freely in the Phoenix Park? It's not a good idea
A TD raised the idea this week, and the arts & heritage minister said she’d look into it.
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Nov 15th 2015, 7:15 AM
# Steady On
Concern over plan to kill deer blamed for Killarney car accidents
The red deer, unique to Kerry, is one of two species due to be targeted in next month’s cull.
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Oct 30th 2015, 6:11 AM
# oh deer
Baby deer doesn't ever want to stop having its belly rubbed
RUB MY BELLY. MORE.
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Aug 3rd 2014, 8:58 AM
# i'll race ya
Excited dog and deer have a ball racing each other
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER.
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Jun 10th 2014, 8:13 AM
# doe-te
This baby deer being rescued from a fence will break your heart
Look at it run to its mammy!
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Jun 2nd 2014, 4:30 PM
# teeny-tiny
A deer the size of a hamster was born in a Spanish zoo
We want one. NOW.
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Apr 26th 2014, 1:30 PM
# on the hoof
'Operation Bambi' finds deer head in Tallaght house
The operation is aimed at cracking down on the pursuit of deer by “unscrupulous” hunters.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 1:58 PM
# That's two deer
Red deer from Kerry could be introduced to the Phoenix Park
Minister Jimmy Deenihan’s hoping they’d get along with the Dublin deer, and says his officials are looking into the suggestion.
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Apr 18th 2014, 3:06 PM
# RIP Mairead
Deer calf Mairead found shot in ditch dies
Little Mairead was thought to be well on her way to recovery when she suddenly passed away.
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Feb 5th 2014, 6:50 PM
# oh deer
Deer's incredible escape from car caught on camera
That’s a clean pair of hooves.
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Oct 30th 2013, 10:30 PM
# pic of the day
Poor Deer Pic of the Day
Just your average bank holiday Monday in Phoenix Park.
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Oct 29th 2013, 10:49 AM
# Seasonal surprise
VIDEO: Horse racing interrupted when deer take to the track
These Pittsburgh racegoers got more of a spectacle than they paid for.
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Dec 2nd 2012, 2:58 PM
# Cheer up!
Good morning! Here's some beautiful images to start your day
Photographer Marc O’Sullivan captured these gorgeous photographs of deer in Phoenix Park over the Bank Holiday weekend.
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Mar 20th 2012, 7:00 AM