Museum forced to close at peak of tourism season

I WOULD like to highlight the effects of the embargo on recruitment in tourism, especially in relation to the regional museum in Kinsale, Co Cork, where there seems to have been little thought given to the effects on tourism.

In Kinsale, a heritage town of international fame, our museum remains closed at the height of the tourist season because the town council claims the retired part-time caretaker cannot be replaced due to this embargo.

As a result, we now have the ridiculous situation where the room in which the inquest on the Lusitania was held in 1915, as well as a treasure trove of artefacts telling the history of the town, remain closed.