Kerry landowners on route of proposed greenway say council 'running roughshod' over them

Local farmers in dispute with Kerry County Council over compulsory purchase orders of their lands

Clara Leahy in her shop on the Ring of Kerry: Part of her land was the subject of a compulsory purchase order in 2018. Pictures: Neil Michael

The speedy completion of a long-mooted greenway in Munster that has cost nearly €16m and seen little of its planned 32km route completed could now actually depend on the fate of a cow shed.

This is because a landowner who owns land through which the South Kerry Greenway runs plans to sue Kerry County Council over a “repeatedly broken” promise to compensate her for her loss of the building.