Killarney businesses turning up speakers to drown out buskers

Call for long-awaited bylaws as councillors told US tourists have also complained about 'insulting' material from one performer

Buskers can add great atmosphere to towns like Killarney but the noise can also be an issue.

Businesses in Killarney are turning up their amplifiers and putting speakers outside in an attempt to outperform the noise from mobile buskers, a council meeting was told in the latest in a series of motions on the issue.

American tourists have complained about the language and tone of one busker, it has also emerged.