Farmers are threatening to withdraw their goodwill from a new €4.5m public cycleway planned for a stretch of the Ring of Kerry.
While the vast majority of the 172 landowners along the 32km route claim to support the concept, there is growing resistance to the compulsory purchase order (CPO) mechanism being adopted by the County Council.
"This area needs the Greenway badly because it would be a perfect fit with the type of activity holidays that are not completely weather dependent that this region can offer," admitted local part-time sheep farmer, Denis O'Connor.
Read Darragh McCullough' full Irish Independent article at : http://www.independent.ie/business/farming/farmers-up-in-arms-over-cpos-for-ring-of-kerry-cycle-route-34739756.html
Waterford Greenway
Waterford Greenway takes you along the River Suir, through Mount Congreve, Comeragh Mountains, crossing three viaducts and then onto Dungarvan Bay.
Read more about Waterford Greenway at http://waterfordgreenway.com/