Simon Coveney: Will try to make project a priority.

A CRUMBLING pier could leave an island population stranded in west Cork.

Simon Coveney: Will try to make project a priority.

Marine Minister Simon Coveney has promised to make it a priority to prevent 125 islanders being virtual prisoners on Cape Clear.

Serious cracks have developed in a 160-year-old pier which serves the country’s most southerly island.

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