Farming representatives have shared their dismay at the failure to provide a ferry service to replace the suspended cable car to Dursey Island.
As previously reported on Afloat.ie, funding for a temporary ferry service was agreed by the Department of Rural & Community Development in recent days and Co Cork Mayor Gillian Coughlan confirmed that a procurement process is now under way.
But the Irish Farmers’ Association said local farmers are feeling “particularly disappointed that the service wasn’t put in place in time”, according to RTÉ News.
The suspension of the cable car from yesterday (1 April) until November for urgent maintenance was announced in early February.
“This will be very disruptive for farmers who have cows and ewes on Dursey Island, and who depend on a service to get them across to check on their livestock at this crucial time in the farming calendar,” West Cork IFA chair Donal O’Donovan said.
RTÉ News has more on the story HERE.