Calls to extend Skellig Michael visitor season after washout summer

Surfers enjoying the waves in St Finians Bay, Co Kerry with Skellig Michael in the background.

Calls are growing for the restricted visitor season to Skellig Michael to be extended, after the washout summer forced the cancellation of one-third of all crossings to the island.

A total of 32 out of 96 landings on the world-famous Unesco world heritage site were pulled between the start of the season in mid-May up to mid-August [May 13-Aug 17] due to bad weather, latest figures from the Office of Public Works show.

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