Planning body turns down proposal for tourism and leisure park in west Kerry

Overall, the project encompassed 507 hotel bedrooms along with 144 mobile homes, 21 glamping pods, 25 holiday homes, six hobbit huts and 20 campervan stands

Concerns about its negative impact on the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve, as well as being 'visually intrusive' on a scenic landscape, have been blamed.

Plans for a new major tourism and leisure park with almost 1,000 self-catering tourist beds in west Kerry have been firmly rejected by An Coimisiún Pleanála.

Concerns about its negative impact on the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve, as well as being “visually intrusive” on a scenic landscape, have been blamed.