Killarney housing development gets go-ahead after delay over impact on bats

The 224 residential units — which comprises 76 houses and 148 apartments — will be located on a six-hectare site on the western side of the town alongside Killarney National Park

The Lesser Horseshoe bat's commuting path to its roosts is along the Denagh River opposite the proposed build. File photo: Alastair Hotchkiss/Woodland Trust/PA

Work is to begin immediately on the construction of more than 220 residential units in Killarney adjacent to the National Park after a second bid to obtain planning was successful. 

The initial application had been refused by An Bord Pleanála over fears it would impact negatively on a local colony of bats.