Developers defend Killarney tower

KILLARNEY’S answer to the spectacular viewing platform on the Grand Canyon, in the US, will not affect the livelihoods of traditional jarveys and boatmen, the developers insisted yesterday.

Killarney Town Council has given planning permission for a 270ft (82m) viewing tower, part of a major shopping/tourism development in the 14-acre Malton Hotel site for which planning was granted, last month.

But two Independent town councillors, Donal Grady and Michael Courtney, said they would be appealing the decision to An Bord Pleanála.