State withdraws plan for Mullaghmore car park

The State has withdrawn its contentious plans for new visitor facilities at Mullaghmore in the Burren National Park in the face of opposition from An Taisce and the Burren Action Group.

The decision by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to withdraw the planning application avoids the prospect of another long-running and divisive planning battle.

At the end of an eight-year planning dispute with the Burren Action Group, the State was forced to demolish its ill-fated visitor centre at Mullaghmore in 2000.