Councillors have hit out against Kerry County Council’s lack of progress on big projects in the town.

Speaking at yesterday's (Thursday) Killarney Municipal District meeting, several elected councillors questioned the lack of progress on long-promised schemes in the area.

A major cycle network was first mooted for the town in February 2021 with planning permission granted last year. However, so far the project has not progressed beyond various consultations.

“There is no progress on any project,” Cllr Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan told the meeting. “We need to see progress, especially the cycleway.”

Cllr Maura Healy-Rae, Cllr Brendan Cronin and Cllr Moloney questioned why the preferred route for the new road between Farranfore and Killarney had not yet been revealed. That route was originally set to be announced in August or September this year. However, that has now been pushed out until Quarter 4 2022.

“This is a moving goal post,” said Moloney, while Healy-Rae added, "It is 15 months since the public consultation [on the Farranfore road]”.

The Lewis Road junction is set to see interim measures put in place by Quarter 4 too.

“Everything in the world is happening in Quarter 4,” said Cllr John O’Donoghue.

Town manager Angela McAllen said she would organise a meeting with relevant engineers in the coming weeks to update elected members on progress.

“There is a lot of work going on in the background, especially in relation to the cycleway,” she said.

“These are long draw out processes,” said engineer John Ahern.