Some Restricted Access Cases
May 5, 2025
Here is a link to a document that outlines some cases where public access has been unilaterally restricted to areas that have previously been accessible:
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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.
Irish Times Letter of the Day February 26th 2025
February 26, 2025
Dear KIO Members & Friends The KIO AGM took place on Saturday. The agenda included presentations and Q&A from journalist Peter Murtagh and former TD
Keep Ireland Open AGM 2025 – February 22nd
February 14, 2025
Dear KIO Members & Friends Below is the final agenda for the AGM on Saturday at 11am. The venue is: Tailors’ Hall, Back Lane, Dublin
Newsletter 6th Nov 2024
November 6, 2024
KIO Newsletter November 2024 General Election Special The Planning & Development Bill (2023) The clauses to protect and preserve existing Public Rights of Way enacted
Wicklow Lighthouses Open Again – at Last
August 29, 2024
KIO is delighted with the news that Wicklow County Council has negotiated for the barbed wire and fences to be removed to allow public access
Urgent Special KIO Newsletter August 2024
August 29, 2024
Dear Members & Friends of Keep Ireland Open, We hope that you have availed of and enjoyed every opportunity to escape into nature’s wonderland of
KIO AGM 2024
July 3, 2024
Keep Ireland Open AGM, 2024. The AGM of Keep Ireland Open took place on Saturday, 9th. March in Tailors’ Hall, Back Lane, Dublin 8. About
Wicklow Issues 24Apr24
April 24, 2024
ACCESS ISSUES IN COUNTY WICKLOW Unfortunately there are numerous problems in accessing some traditional upland walks in Wicklow and public access to beaches and the
Fenit Island Still Fenced Off
April 24, 2024
Fenit Island Update April 2024 I was keen to reverse my 2023 e-bike trip from Limerick to Tralee, which featured in a previous blog, by
Save Cobh’s Right of Way
April 16, 2024
Thursday, April 4th – 2024 saw the arrival, of the first cruise liner of the 2024 cruise season as in Ambition. It is a new