Planning denial could ‘cost town 90 jobs’

A KERRY County Council decision to turn down a planning application for a shopping development in Castleisland could cost the town 90 jobs, it was claimed yesterday.

Local businessman Tony Walsh said he was “astonished” at the refusal of permission for his proposals for a retail site on the Tralee Road.

There was already a lot of unemployment in Castleisland, he said.