Surge in tourist and leisure visitors to Black Valley ‘endangering lives’

A huge increase in tourist and leisure traffic in a remote valley in Kerry is putting lives at risk, a meeting has heard.

The Black Valley, between the Gap of Dunloe and Moll’s Gap, has been a tourist destination since pre-Victorian times. There has been dramatic increase in tourist traffic there, with the promotion of the Wild Atlantic Way and a surge in interest in walking and cycling.

However, the infrastructure is not in place to help tourists or residents, the meeting of the South & West Kerry Municipal District heard, in Killorglin, heard.