Wilds of tourism being reined in over health and safety fears

Two trips to Skellig Michael, more than 20 years apart, showed John G O’Dwyer how landowners who are accommodating small-scale tourism initiatives fear negligence.  

A QUARTER of a century ago I visited Kerry’s glorious Skellig Michael. Then, it was wonderfully un-sanitised and dramatically remote from the clutches of a modern, cotton-wool society.

Having hopped ashore the magnificent rock from a tiny boat after a spectacular waved-distressed crossing, it was immediately possible to wander as I fancied.