There have been calls for the Office of Public Works to review its decision to close access to Sceilg Mhichíl for the year.It said it conducted an assessment which concluded that it was not feasible to maintain visitor and staff safety on the island, and it must therefore remain closed.
Fionan Murphy is a boat builder from Valentia Island in south Kerry. In 2017, he built the 38ft Skellig Walker and won one of the 15 licences offered by the OPW to ferry and land visitors to Sceilg Mhichíl. Paul Devane is a boat operator from Portmagee. He has five boats, one of which is licensed to land visitors on Sceilg Mhichíl."There should be 300 people going in and out to the Skelligs here today. One hundred and eighty a day go onto the island, but you could have another 200 or 300 circling the island all day, so it's a spin-off to the shops and the bars. It's a massive loss to the B&Bs. They are hoping something will come mid-July.
Patricia adds: "We are constantly being innovative and trying to bring new ideas to the business. We are hoping bookings will improve. We are hoping we will get some bit of the season out of it." "At the moment it's looking like there are no cases in Kerry for the last 14 days," Mark Conway says. "There is no reason why that won't continue for the next couple of weeks and you could get to July 1 where there is virtually no cases in the country, so I don't see why it can't be opened. 90% of the people who will be here will be Irish. To me it is low-risk, if not no risk at all.
How could it possibly be the case that the local economy earns €8m a year from, at most, 15,000 people visiting Sceilg Mhichíl. That would be an average spend per visitor of €533. Surely that cannot be correct? 🤔
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