Greenway cycle CPO plan ‘unacceptable’

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association has said the Greenway cycle plan cannot be implemented through a process of compulsory purchase orders or without proper consultation with landowners.

ICSA rural development committee chairman Seamus Sherlock said the whole process has been discredited because of an arrogant or heavy-handed approach in which routes were designed from the sky without any understanding of how this might interfere with farmers.

”There is no justification for insisting on a route that dissects working farms in half. All options should be looked at including segregated on-road, off-road and cycle trails. Where possible, state lands should be used,” he said.