Population decline in south Kerry justifies greenway project, court told

The High Court is hearing two separate challenges aimed at quashing permission for a greenway between Glenbeigh and just outside Cahersiveen

Part of the route for the proposed South Kerry greenway which environmental activist Peter Sweetman claims fails to ensure a system of strict protection for the Kerry slug and the Lesser Horseshoe bat in their natural range. File photo

Population decline was among the factors taken into account by Kerry County Council in seeking planning approval for a cycle and pedestrian greenway in south Kerry, the High Court has heard.

An inspector for An Bord Pleanála had concluded the census data advanced was “robust” and that conclusion stands, Brian Foley SC, for the board said on Thursday.