Humphreys yet to respond to urgent calls for Dursey Island ferry service

The Dursey Island cable car will go out of service shortly for maintenance works.

Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys has yet to respond to an urgent request for a subsidised ferry service for an island off the south-west coast about to lose its cable car connectivity with the mainland.

Time is rapidly running out for farmers, seasonal B&B operators and holiday homeowners on Dursey island as the cable car access to it will be closed in two weeks’ time. Cork County Council, which operates the cable car, is having to close it for major maintenance work resulting from repeated storm damage. It requested the government introduce a subsidised ferry service, which it has done on other islands, to ensure access in and out of Dursey while the work is being completed.