New route for greenway

We are writing to you to explain why there is considerable unrest regarding the development of the Glenbeigh to Reenard Greenway in County Kerry along the old railway line.

Although some of the landowners and private property holders were approached about the re-classification of the 50-year defunct railway line; their alternative suggestions were unpopular and as a consequence Kerry County Council decided to impose a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to enable them to create a cycleway along that route.

In many places the route is unacceptable — dividing farmers’ land and creating security issues for new properties which were developed bordering the old line.