Delayed Kerry pier to cost €10m

The cost of a long-awaited pier for an internationally known shell-fishing area is pushing towards €10m, it has emerged.

The campaign for a pier at the mussel and oyster fishery in Cromane, Co Kerry, has been going on since the 1960s and is being revived, but the Government has no money to build it.

Cromane mussels are exported to France and Holland, where they feature on top restaurant menus, but local fishermen still have to use a tractor and trailer to land catches from boats.