Call for funding after storm devastates coastline

Kerry County Council is to seek emergency funding from the Government to deal with a worsening coastal erosion problem, with some seaside areas being described as “war zones”.

High tides and 150km/h winds have left a trail of destruction along the counties 684km coastline, with several million euro worth of damage caused.

Yesterday’s county council meeting — which heard calls for a joint, multi-million euro submission by all erosion-hit counties along the western sea board — was told hundred of houses in the Rossbeigh, Cromane, and Dooks areas were at risk, and some were already flooded.