Plan to designate historic island National Heritage Area

THE Government has accepted a report which charts the future of a famous literary island.

The report forms the basis of a management plan for the conservation of the Great Blasket, off the Kerry coast, and its rich heritage.

The public has limited access to the island and progress is being made on planning a new pier on the island, as well as extending the existing pier at Dunquin, the point on the mainland from which visitors take ferries to the island.