Department to pay damages to woman after resolving Dingle car park ownership row
The department is to be registered as owner of the lands, and damages - understood to be substantial - will be paid to Anne Coles. Photo: Domnick Walsh
A portion of Dingle's main tourist car park operated by Kerry County Council under licence from the Department of the Marine was never owned by the State, and has always been privately owned, a court was told this morning.
The car park, which fronts Dingle's popular Marina, had earned the council an average income of €150,000 a year. The Circuit Civil Court in Killarney heard that terms have now been agreed between the plaintiff and registered landowner Anne Coles, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, after the case was heard for a number of hours.
