Ponymen deny moves to keep motorists off road

PONYMEN who ply for hire at the spectacular Gap of Dunloe, near Killarney, yesterday denied claims they were preventing tourists from driving through the seven-mile gap.

But, they also maintained it was unsafe for visitors to drive there because of the poor state of the winding road, which is only eight feet wide in places.

Some tourists have claimed they were stopped by ponymen from driving their cars through the gap.