Compulsory Purchase Order for Kerry Greenway 'a direct scud missile' into farmers' rights, planning hearing told

The Compulsory Purchase Order for the South Kerry Greenway was being “triggered” not for a public road but for amenity and tourism - an altogether different thing, the oral hearing into the greenway has been told.

Now in its second week in Tralee, the Kerry County Council’s planning application for the 32km route along a rail line abandoned almost 60 years ago, is being challenged by up to 30 of the 160 small farmers who now own the land.