OPW rejects calls for safety railing to summit of ancient monastic site

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) has rejected a call for a rope railing to be provided along steps leading to the summit of an ancient monastic site off the Kerry coast.

Fianna Fáil Cllr Michael Cahill had called for the railing as a safety measure for thousands of tourists that go onto the Great Skellig, each year.

The cone-shaped rock rises 700 feet out of the Atlantic and has monastic remains dating to the sixth century.