Lighthouses set to lose €12m British subsidy

A HIGH-LEVEL British government report has called for an end to the practice of paying a multi-million euro subsidy for Ireland’s lighthouses.

The long-awaited examination of lighthouses on the two islands is due to be published this week by the British department for transport.

The Atkins report proposes to end to the pre-Independence arrangement whereby the British treasury still pays the majority of costs for running the Commission of Irish Lights in the south.