Hopes Blasket Island saga nearing an end

THERE’S a flicker of hope that the long-running saga surrounding plans by the Government to purchase the Great Blasket Island may be slowly grinding to an end.

Talks last week between the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Blascaod Mor Teo, the company that owns 17 of the 25 holdings on the island, were inconclusive.

An OPW spokesperson yesterday said they were awaiting a formal response from the landowners to an offer made at the meeting.