Road blocked by loose peat, not second landslide

SEVERAL tonnes of loose peat which poured down a river in north Kerry yesterday caused another road blockage.

Kerry County Council said it was not a new landslide but a dislodging of peat which had been lying on a river bank since the August 23-24 landslide, in the Stacks Mountains.

Council staff were monitoring the situation last evening and the road from Raemore to Kielduff, near Tralee, which had been blocked by the original landslide, was again closed.