Bid to ban Airbnb and short-term lets at Dingle gateway overturned

Also, 183 enforcement warning letters were sent to Airbnb operators in Killarney to free up accommodation

An Bord Pleanála overturned the ban on Airbnb and other short-term tourist lettings at the gateway to the Dingle peninsula as "Milltown was not a rent pressure zone". Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

An attempt by a local authority to prohibit Airbnb and other short-term tourist lettings at the gateway to the Dingle peninsula has been overturned by An Bord Pleanála.

One of the Kerry County Council's planning conditions for the redevelopment of a three-storey vacant building in Milltown was that no part could be used for overnight commercial guest accommodation. A second condition sought to prohibit short-term rental in four of the eight units.