How one housing project has been held up by bats

Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 6:45 a.m.

b'A colony of bats has divided the people of Kerry, as its existence as led to a strategic housing development being refused planning permission. Plans for 228 residential units of houses, apartments, duplexes and a cr\\xe8che were proposed for Killarney. \\n\\nAn Bord Plean\\xe1la refused the planning due to artificial lighting that could impact the Lesser Horseshoe Bat in the nearby Killarney National Park. Our reporter Josh Crosbie has been to the Kingdom to get some local reaction.'