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Kerry County Council has confirmed that the planning process for the South Kerry Greenway will finally commence before the end of the month. The Kells Viaduct on the Ring of Kerry, which hasn’t been crossed by a train since 1960, forms part of the proposed route. The response was given at this Month's Meeting of the Council to Councillor Michael Cahill who had submitted a "Notice of Motion" on the matter.

Councillor Cahill requested the Council to expedite the Greenway and take into consideration the phenomenal success of the Mayo Greenway and also the new Waterford Greenway which attracted 250,000 visitors during 2017. The Fianna Fáil Councillor described the South Kerry Greenway as the county's biggest and most important Tourism project. "This multi-million euro project is a lifeline for Caherciveen and the Iveragh Peninsula, an area that needs jobs and investment to stem the tide of emigration," he said.

It is anticipated that it will take approximately 6 month's before a decision will issue from An Bord Pleanála.

The news comes in the same week it was revealed that landowners who were previously opposed to the related North Kerry Greenway from West Limerick into Listowel are now fully behind the project.