Site of rare bats divides council

A local authority county manager is at loggerheads with the vast majority of his elected members over a housing zoning beside an internationally important site for a rare bat.

In June, councillors in Clare ignored legal advice by overwhelmingly voting in favour of a residential zoning that was 120m from Poulangordon Cave.

The cave, near the east Clare village of Quin, is home to 89 of the protected lesser horseshoe bats.