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MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT Shane Ross has accepted a request from Michael Healy-Rae to meet locals from Valentia island seeking to save their ferry service.
The ferry is due to be decommissioned in 2018, due to the boat’s old age, and funding is required to help meet the cost of purchasing a new one.
According to a statement from Healy-Rae, it is expected that Ross will meet locals in the first weeks of the new year.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Richard Foran, who operates the Valentia Island Ferry, said that losing the ferry would destroy tourism on the island.
“We have the bridge to the mainland on the other side of the island, but the main town of the island is on the other side,” he said. “Losing the ferry would force businesses there to close down. The ferry is the main way to get into the town.”
The ferry has been running for over 20 years, and has been “fantastic” for the area, according to Foran. However, it is has become clear a new boat is required.
The new ferry will cost €3 million, with householders and businesses from the area able to supply the first €1 million towards the price.
Foran added: “We run the ferry from March to October, and this year we had 250,000 passengers. It’s a vital part of tourist infrastructure for south Kerry.”
Located near the Skellig Ring, tourism in the south Kerry area has exploded in recent times, with the shooting of the Star Wars films, and an endorsement from travel guide The Lonely Planet providing a boost to visitor numbers in the region.
Healy-Rae thanked Ross for agreeing to meet the locals. He said: “The Minister has shown great concern and interest on this issue. Despite his busy schedule, I am grateful he will take the time to give attention to this.”
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This was actually the work of a secret government experiment underground. There are 8 letter in bulls**te, minus 1 is 7. 6 letters in “Madrid” plus 1 is 7, 7+7 is 14, same number alonso used to wear at Liverpool. Therefore the UK is the next target for fart bombs…
The cult of Frank!!
Went to the alhambra in granada years ago. The architects hundreds of years ago factored these quakes into their building designs and placed lead inside the stone columns. This enabled them to sway slightly. Clever lads in fairness. Well worth a visit.
The earthquake that struck Lorca was not 10km deep, it was only 1 km deep. This was extremely unusual. It explains why this modest earthquake caused so much damage. Today’s earthquake is more typical, at a depth of 8 miles. It should not be as bad.
Some scientists claimed the Lorca earthquake was provoked by water wells that removed ground water, that the removal of water reduced pressure that otherwise clamped the fault shut, allowing it to move.
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/spanish-quake-was-manmade-study-3266682.html
We had a large 7.1 quake in the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Off the west coast Of Ireland on 13th
That’s big for the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, very interesting. It was on Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone. Here’s a nice article about the earthquake.
Ay caramba!
Paul Murphy is on his way, he blamed the quake on the local police!
I knew it wasn’t the journal reporting this when I spotted they didn’t mix moment magnitude and the Richter scale.
And the mixture of metric and imperial.
It’s maddening. Nobody has used the Richter scale in decades.
The moment magnitude scale (abbreviated as MMS; denoted as MW or M) is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of the area that slipped.The scale was developed in the 1970s to succeed the 1930s-era Richter magnitude scale (ML). Even though the formulae are different, the new scale retains the familiar continuum of magnitude values defined by the older one. The MMS is now the scale used to estimate magnitudes for all modern large earthquakes by the United States Geological Survey.
There’s absolutely no threat from Fionna Foil so long as Mehole is in charge
Do you know any kind of earthquake early warning app? I found one here http://remotegun.com/earthquake-early-warning-system but it is under development right now. do you know another one?
All hail the glorious frank…
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