Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>Killarney Municipal District officials are facing a dilemma when it comes to upholding planning permission laws for short term letting properties.</h3>
Killarney is a designated Rent Pressure Zone and as a result owners of properties that are used for short-term lets are obliged by law to apply for planning permission.
Last year the council sent 183 warning letters to the operators of such properties.
&ldquo;94 are closed for various reasons and the remainder are active and are being pursued by the Local Authority,&rdquo; a council spokesperson told a recent Killarney Municipal District meeting.
However Cllr Brendan Cronin warned that, in a tourist town like Killarney, such properties add greatly to the income of local families. &ldquo;Stopping it could have devastating consequences for a critical part of a family&rsquo;s income. There are many instances that it could have been an old house that was done up or a small adjacent property that&rsquo;s providing a bit of income for a couple of months in the year,&rdquo; he said.

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