Group goes to court over water plan

An ancient river valley community is taking legal proceedings against Kerry County Council over plans to extract water from a river to supply Kenmare town.

An Bord Pleanála gave the go-ahead in late 2011 for a proposal to take water from the Sheen River to supplement the water supply.

The tourist town is running short of treated water. Attempts to locate supplementary supplies have been continuing for almost a decade. But the proposal to take water from the river — near the Sheen Falls, a point at the end of the valley near Kenmare — has been stoutly resisted at all stages.