Couple face hurdle to develop stalactite tourist site

A couple who fought for 15 years to secure planning permission to develop one of the world’s largest stalactites as a tourist attraction could face another hurdle, it emerged today.

An Bord Pleanala, have accepted proposals from John and Helen Browne to transform the Pol, an Ionain cave near Doolin, Co Clare which contains the 23ft Great Stalactite.