Caravan owners plead for retention of park at beach
The park is located in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and some of the 40 caravan-owners have been using it for up to 40 years. They now want the small area in the dunes, where the caravans are parked for three months every summer, to be excluded from the SAC. “We think this is a reasonable request and it should help resolve problems for both the county manager and Duchas,” said Sean Kelliher, who has had a caravan there for 23 years. “We would also be willing to have any council official, or anyone else, inspect the caravan site area before, during, or after our time there.”
Mr Riordan has told Kerry County Council that he has no option but to close the park, for the coming season, for environmental and planning reasons. He said the park contravened planning regulations and the council could face prosecution as a result. Also, the beach could lose its coveted blue flag status, if the park did not comply with planning.
