Funds bid for Valentia ferry

State funding is being sought to support a car ferry service to a famed island on the Wild Atlantic Way.

Although Valentia Island in Co Kerry is accessible by road bridge to motorists, a car ferry is still carrying tens of thousands of vehicles every year.

But the ferry, which serviced the island from Cahirciveen for the past 20 years, is nearing the end of its life having been built 50 years ago and acquired second-hand from the Netherlands.