‘Huge financial loss for owners of land’

A CALL went out yesterday for compensation for the owners of land that forms a buffer zone around a weather station outside Caherciveen, because they can never develop or build on it.

A tract of land surrounding Valentia Observatory has been rendered “sterile” following a decision by Kerry County Council not to rezone it for residential, commercial or leisure uses.

The Dept of the Environment and the Office of Public Works (OPW) had made a strong case to the council not to rezone the land because any development could have a “serious impact” on work at the observatory.