High Court clears way for Skellig Michael boat tours to resume for 2025 season

The High Court has allowed the OPW to resume Skellig Michael landings for 2025, pending a wider legal challenge

Order will allow the OPW to enter into a legally binding contract with each of 15 boat operators who were successful in the public competition for permits to land on the island off the Kerry coast. Picture: Dan Linehan

The High Court has given the go ahead for boat trips to Skellig Michael to resume.

Mr Justice Garrett Simons granted an application by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to lift an automatic suspension on landing at the Unesco heritage site and former monastic island, which was also used as a film location for the Star Wars movies, The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.