Scarcity of funding to tackle coastal erosion in ‘at risk’ areas

The Government has very little money to tackle coastal erosion in Kerry, despite admitting that a serious problem exists.

Brian Hayes, minister of state responsible for the Office of Public Works (OPW), has conceded that more than 100km of Kerry’s 684km coastline is at risk, based on previous studies.

He was replying to Independent Kerry TD Tom Fleming, who called for urgent action to deal with the problem.