Wild Atlantic Way discovery signs ‘a blight on landscape’

They have been described as “gallows” by some critics and even as “a blight on the landscape” by others, but Fáilte Ireland says its discovery point signs on the Wild Atlantic Way were erected after a lengthy public consultation process.

A county councillor is now seeking clarification on whether these signs required planning permission before they were put up at some of the most scenic points along our Atlantic coastline.

Fianna Fáil’s Michael O’Shea said he had received a number of complaints from residents in west Kerry complaining about what they see as “eyesores” that obscure their view of the Blasket Islands.