), an English visitor to Ireland, complaining of the lack of off-road hiking and rambling access she encountered in the west of Ireland.
We in Keep Ireland Open receive emails from foreign visitors to Ireland making the same point. This is bad publicity for our tourist industry as well as being bad for all who live in Ireland.Rebus review: More character study than pulsating thriller but Edinburgh leaps off the screen We can only guess why this is so – probably because there is no legislation protecting rights of way so local authorities won’t have legal support in declaring a route or path to be a right of way.
Political parties owe it to the general public and tourists to enact legislation on this issue and to give a manifesto commitment to do so in the next general election campaign.