'I have never known the island without the cable car': Dursey faces anxious wait for ferry

Dursey Islanders have been assured that they will be able to avail of a ferry service, but they hope the delay in setting it up won't be too long

Castletownbere GP, Dr Colin Gleeson, remembers having to transport a patient with acute appendicitis during bad weather on the cable car. Picture: Neil Michael.

Dr Colin Gleeson has a memory of being on the Dursey Island Cable Car that makes him shudder - and laugh nervously - to this day.

Called out from the mainland from the Castletownbere practice he helps run to attend to someone with acute appendicitis, he remembers the day well. The weather was bad, and gusts kept buffeting the cable, sending it lurching from side to side.