Praise for Carrauntoohil owners in walkers’ guide

THE men who own Ireland’s highest mountain have been praised for welcoming 25,000 climbers onto their lands every year.

They are featured in a new walkers’ guide book which will be launched at the foot of Carrauntoohil on Saturday by Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue.

The minister is expected to comment on contentious public access issues, hillwalking and tourism during the event in Kate Kearney’s Cottage in the Gap of Dunloe.