Fota Wildlife Park reopens to the public
Fota Wildlife Park has reopened to the public this morning.
The park is operating with a new pre-booking system to limit visitor numbers to just 500 at any one time.
Sean McKeown is the Park Director at Fota Wildlife Centre.
He says they've a number of measures in place.
"It's one way around the park, sign posted around the park, and none of the indoor areas are open.
"It's mainly a walk around the park that people are going to experience today, but we have a nice morning to do it.
"The other thing is we're opening earlier, and we're looking at the option of staying open later when we get into June."
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