Massive gain from greenways

BUILDING a greenway across open countryside is always exciting, but it’s not as simple as developing a route from one point to another, often along a disused railway line.

As evidenced in Co Mayo with the success of the Great Western Greenway, there is a tourism spin-off for parts of the country where jobs are scarce.

Negotiations with landowners have been successful in Mayo and along the route of the Great Southern Trail, in Co Limerick, for instance, but serious difficulties have arisen which are halting progress in other areas, including Co Kerry.