Skellig Michael guide chief wants major filming banned

The head of the guiding service on a Unesco world heritage site has said no large-scale film production should ever be allowed there again. 

Skellig Michael, an internationally-recognised seabird colony, was last July the scene of a three-day shoot for the next Star Wars film, which aroused controversy because of the island’s ecology and secrecy surrounding the entire operation.

In a letter to the Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Bob Harris said no filming on the same scale should be allowed take place on the island if its build and natural heritage is not to be compromised.