November 2015 Issue 38
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Locals call for immediate removal of ‘steel monstrosities’ as tourism chief offers to meet and discuss concerns Tony Kiely There was an angry reaction on social media this month following the installation of Wild Atlantic Way ‘photo points’ at locations on the Sky Road, Omey and White Strand in Renvyle. The markers – metal poles between 3.5m and 5m tall, topped with the distinctive Wild Atlantic Way logo – are designed ‘to literally “frame” the photographs taken by visitors at beauty spots and scenic views along the route,’ according to Fáilte Ireland. The response to these new landscape features from locals, however, was swift and almost universally negative. The #wildatlanticway was quickly
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