Met Éireann Kerry move appealed

PLANS by Met Éireann to relocate the air monitoring part of its operations in south Kerry onto Valentia Island to avail of a cleaner environment have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

Last month, Kerry County Council gave the go-ahead for the erection of two 10-metre air and environmental monitoring masts along with a laboratory on a remote 59-acre island site.

The proposal had attracted a large number of local objections and a number of conditions were attached to the grant of planning.