Local fears overshadow Bantry Bay kelp harvesting project

BioAtlantis is licenced to mechanically harvest kelp around the Bantry Bay area. However, despite the fiscal and employment potential and despite assurances from the company, considerable local concern remains about the impact on wildlife, livelihoods and the environment, writes Noel Baker.

YOU can’t put a price on memories — especially those on a bucket list.

Niall MacAllister, who has been sailing boats longer than he cares to admit, describes the loop taken around the Beara Peninsula on a recent trip, the eye-popping scenery, the dolphins and seals, and the ebb of the waves underneath Jessy of Adrigole, the vessel hired out to groups which allow for ocean journeys.