Kerry County Council goes door to door to tackle tourist lets

'There is unfortunately an enthusiasm to make pariahs out of people short-term letting'

Maura Healy-Rae said 'it is not a level playing pitch.' Picture: Don MacMonagle

Kerry County Council planning officials are calling door-to door to warn the county's property owners not to let houses to tourists, a public meeting in Killarney has heard.

One property owner, located 11km from Killarney, told the meeting organised by the Irish Self-Catering Federation she had been letting a property on a farm and had a visit last week from a planning enforcement officer, telling her to stop.