Environmental designations set to delay tourism development in Connemara
Galway bay fm newsroom -Plans by Fáilte Ireland and Galway County Council to develop lay parking spots for tourists along the roadsides of Connemara are being held up by environmental designations.
The parking area and information points are part of the project known as the "Wild Atlantic Way" which is aimed a boosting tourism in the West.
Nineteen locations are earmarked in Connemara but many of them must now to be examined and studied because they are close to lands that are in Special Areas of Conservation -SACs.