Timing of lockout added heat to a very sticky dispute

FAMED in song and story, the jaunting car has been an emblem of tourism in Killarney since the 19th century.

Featured on picture postcards and promotional brochures, it offers visitors a quaint and relaxing means of viewing the world-famous lakes.

But the serenity of Heaven’s Reflex, as Killarney is known, was shattered on Tuesday when a long-simmering row relating to horse dung nastily came to a head. The jarveys have since been protesting outside entrances to Killarney National Park.