OPW spends €35k to rent toilet on Great Blasket Island

Also, tender documents for a feasibility study of pier facilities are to be published shortly

Around 12,000 people visit Blascaod Mór every year but the island off the Co. Kerry coast has no permanent toilet or landing facilities. Picture: Dan LInehan

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has spent more than €35,000 renting a cottage in order to provide a public toilet on the Great Blasket Island.

Around 12,000 people visit Blascaod Mór every year but the island off the Co. Kerry coast has no permanent toilet or landing facilities.