Council rezones historic land despite protests

THE views of an Oxford University professor and the county manager have been ignored by Kerry councillors, who have agreed to rezone historic demesne lands for residential purposes.

The demesne is in the mid-Kerry village of Milltown, a fast-growing area which has seen major housing development in recent years, taking a spillover from bigger towns such as Killarney and Tralee.

Professor Roy Foster described a local area plan for Milltown as a “developer’s charter aimed at turning an integrated Irish village environment into a faceless commuter suburbia”.