Street traders up in arms against council directive

A ROW has flared up between street traders and the local council in tourism town Killarney.

Traders are refusing to obey an order from the town council to move from their positions at Market Cross, in the centre of the town. Though Market Cross has been a traditional trading area in Killarney, with old picture postcards showing business being transacted, it is not a designated casual trading place at present, according to the council.

“All trading in this area is unauthorised and you are requested to cease trading in this area immediately,” says the letter sent to traders.