Efforts to limit impact of Kerry landslide
RTE News|August 24, 2008
Kerry County Council says this month's record rainfall is at least partly to blame for the slide, which occurred during construction work on a roadway to an electricity wind farm. Large volumes of peat have so far travelled over 3km, sweeping away a bridge and preventing some residents from accessing their homes.
Kerry County Council says this month's record rainfall is at least partly to blame for the slide, which occurred during construction work on a roadway to an electricity wind farm. Large volumes of peat have so far travelled over 3km, sweeping away a bridge and preventing some residents from accessing their homes.
Efforts are continuing to prevent an ecological disaster near Tralee in Co Kerry after a massive landslide in the Magha/Kielduff area.
Kerry County Council says this month's record rainfall is at least partly to blame for the slide, which occurred during construction work on a roadway to an electricity wind farm.
Large volumes of peat have so far travelled over 3km, sweeping away a bridge and preventing some residents from accessing their homes.
It is feared the peat could enter the River Smealeagh, an important spawning ground for salmon and sea trout.