Dismay as historic house fails to make Fáilte funding list

DISAPPOINTMENT has been voiced in Killarney following the exclusion, yet again, of an historic, old house from Fáilte Ireland funding.

The refurbishment bill for Killarney House has already been estimated at a minimum of e6 million and its condition is continuing to worsen as necessary work is delayed, it has been claimed.

Killarney Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan protested at the failure to include the house, once home to the Lord Kenmare family, from the Fáilte Ireland list of national tourist centres due to get funding.