Killarney cathedral foundations ‘jeopardised by river silt’

Fears have again been expressed about the safety of the foundations of St Mary’s Cathedral in Killarney due to a build-up of silt in the Kerry town’s River Deenagh.

A dispute continues as to who is responsible for removing the silt and an “impasse” has developed.

The town river had been diverted in the 1840s to allow the construction of the cathedral, designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, one of the most famous of the Victorian architects.