Fraying wires puts island cable car out of action

IRELAND’S only cable car will be out of action for several weeks after it was discovered that its suspension cables were fraying.

The problem was discovered when Cork County Council fitters took down the 40-year-old cable car to replace it with a new one.

The local authority had spent €30,000 on a new cable car to replace the one which has serviced Dursey Island since 1969.