PRELIMINARY work has started on long-awaited renovations to historic Killarney House which is intended, long-term, to become a visitor centre for the National Park.

ENVIRONMENTAL groups will oppose any plans to build on a piece of prime land in Killarney which came on the market yesterday.

KILLARNEY Town Council has decided to rezone a controversial five-acre site, owned by the multi-millionaire McShain family, to allow for a luxury housing development.