This page has been designed to highlight recent access issues reported to us by our members. If you have recently become aware of an access problem you can report it to us at info@keepirelandopen.org
If you are aware that any of these issues have been resolved please send us information about it.
https://www.keepirelandopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/KIO_Cases_02Jun25-1.docxHere is a link to a document that outlines some cases where public access has been unilaterally restricted to areas that have previously been accessible:
Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk Management Plan Published Clare County Council published on Wednesday, April 9,2025 the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk Management Plan, a 246-page report
Robert Dowds Calls on TDs to Legislate for the Right to Access Public Spaces Listen to KIO Chair’s address to the protest at Castletown House
Castletown House Sir, – In 2013, I was a volunteer at the Big House Festival held over three days at Castletown House. It was a
Challenge brought over alleged unauthorised erection of gates blocking access to Castletown House Save Castletown Committee says new gates and fencing are blocking a key
Access to the countryside Sir, – Keep Ireland Open, which campaigns for legally protected access to the countryside for walkers and other recreational users, welcomes
In Ireland, we are obsessed with the land – owning it, not roaming it This country has no equivalent of the Swedish concept: that of
Dogs have no right to roam Sir, – I frequently (almost weekly) take a walk at Rathcroghan Mound, which is part of the Rathcroghan monuments
Right to Roam Sir, – in response to Vincent Murphy’s query why Ireland does not afford the same luxury to roam all land freely as
Ireland’s right to roam Sir, – As a young student in UCD in 1970, I got a summer job in a paper mill in Sweden.
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