Plan to dezone 2,000 acres earmarked for housing

Almost 2,000 acres earmarked for housing in Kerry are to be dezoned under a new plan for the Tralee-Killarney hub.

It was part of an overall programme to dezone about 3,000 acres with the aim of tackling the “over-zoning” that continued during the property boom.

County manager Tom Curran revealed that enough land to cater for six times Kerry’s population had received residential zoning during the boom.