Horses' hooves wearing down road surfaces in Killarney

Specialist help is needed to come up with a road surface that will have the ability to cope with Killarney’s renowned horse and carriages, a council meeting has been told.

Killarney is to seek special Departmental funding for trials of materials that will be hard-wearing and is also researching how New York City deals with horses' hooves and jaunting car wheels on road surfaces, a council meeting was told.