Council may have to make cost-cuts at museum

KERRY County Council could be forced to sell some of its assets to offset the running costs of some of the town’s leading tourist attractions.

With the troubled famine ship, the Jeanie Johnston, set to cost the council €235,000 a year for the next 15 years, the council could be forced to make cost-cuts at the loss-making Kerry County Museum.

Some tour operators have reported problems in getting bookings at the museum for this year, but Tralee Mayor Johnny Wall insisted yesterday that money had been made available to keep it open.