Village destroyed by ‘ghost’ homes blitz

OVER the last five years, my beautiful, tiny village of Caherdaniel in Co Kerry, and its immediate catchment area of Derrynane, has been shattered and its citizens traumatised.

Wed, 11 May, 2005 - 01:00

Meanwhile, the Government has enriched its offers by well over €5 million (40% of the costs of housing development).

The village has been destroyed by tax-induced, mostly vacant, ‘ghost’ holiday homes. It has been denied sewerage and proper infrastructure improvements, and has been starved of so-called social housing.

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