Golf club’s plan opposed by surfers

PLANS by Doonbeg golf club to install 25-ft high rock barriers at Doughmore beach to protect the Greg Norman-designed course from further erosion have run into stiff opposition from surfers.

Earlier this month, the club lodged plans to place 80,000 tonnes of rock on Doughmore beach to prevent erosion.

Over the past 100 years, the dunes have retreated by up to 45 metres in places, the club has discovered, and the promoters of the course admit that the effects of global warming, if unchecked, threaten the long-term viability of the project.