Last-gasp dash to the ball as cable car strands mayor

The mayor of Cork County was almost left stranded on an island off Cork at the weekend after getting caught up in a last-minute problem with its cable car summer schedule.

Dursey islanders off West Cork said the scheduling debacle forced them to cancel events as part of the West Cork Islands Festival, and they called last night for the access issues to be resolved immediately.

Councillor Alan Coleman said he had to catch a boat from Dursey back to the mainland to ensure he made it to his own fundraising gala ball on time that evening, and said he will raise the island’s access issue with senior county council management today.