Agencies under fire for ignoring coastal erosion

STATE agencies yesterday came under fire for “totalling ignoring” worsening erosion at one of Kerry’s most popular beaches.

However, Kerry County Council was told the prospect of getting government money to do urgent remedial work, costing millions of euro at Rossbeigh was most unlikely.

Raising the issue, Fianna Fáil’s Michael Cahill said it was two years since the sand dunes had been breached at Rossbeigh, splitting the narrow peninsula and creating a new island. More than five million tonnes of sand and about 90 acres had been washed away, he added.