Anger as rights-of-way closed off at popular Munster seaside village

Tony Gallagher at the recently closed steps in Ardmore, Co Waterford; the steps, believed built in the late 1800s, climb some 4.5m between the colloquially known ‘middle road’ and the upper ‘New Line’.
Locals in a Waterford tourist resort have been left fuming after the local authority closed a second right of way in their village in four years.
Residents of Ardmore say the closures broach village tradition and will impact on themselves and on the thousands of summer visitors expected this year.