Rescue workers clawed their way up steep rocks in complete darkness early today to reach an injured woman on one of Ireland’s most remote islands.

A DECISION by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a cafe on the Great Blasket Island opens the way for the purchase of the island by the Government.

A SENIOR Kerry County Council engineer yesterday rejected a claim of “collusion” between the council and the promoters of a planned cafe on the Great Blasket Island.

A LONG-RUNNING plan by the Government to buy the Great Blasket island has run into difficulties yet again.