Doubling up in Dursey as proposals put on the line

Proposals have been put in place for an €8m double cable car and visitor centre to further boost tourism on the country’s most south-westerly island.

Cork County Council wants to replace the country’s only cable car, which opened in 1969 to serve Dursey Island.

The equipment has been dogged with difficulties in recent years and the local authority is anxious to upgrade it, especially as the numbers of visitors using it has doubled in the last three years.