Tourists and locals were “frustrated” at the lack of progress on a western access road to Killarney National Park, the town’s mayor has said.

The Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht is, reportedly, understood to be taking a legal route to have public access to a section of Killarney National Park restored.

The deadline for submissions to Kerry County council on a proposal by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for a roadway and car park to allow greater access into one of the most sensitive and highly protected areas of the Killarney National Park has been pushed out until Monday.

A number of objections have been lodged to a proposal by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to “allow full public access” to the ancient oak woods and rarely glimpsed cascade at the western edge of Killarney National Park.

TOMIES WOOD WALK, KILLARNEY