James Heffernan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will give the Senator a bar of the song later:

The cold wind from the mountains comes calling soft to me,
The smell of scented heather brings better memories,
The wild and lonely eagle all in the summer sky,
Flies high o'er Shanagolden where my young Willie lies.

The song is a romantic ballad about a lad who died for Irish freedom and is buried in Shanagolden. The eagle in the sky is one of the strongest and potent symbols of freedom, strength and of romance to some extent. We are very proud in my neck of the woods of the very fine work of Dr. Allan Mee from Ballyorgan who re-introduced the species to our skies. Senator Paul Coghlan from Killarney knows it well. Dr. Mee deserves great praise for this achievement. However, Dr. Mee has been frequently in the news because of what can only be described as an atrocity against this fantastic species. Yesterday and today these pictures graced the pages of the newspapers-----