I found this ... (Story vaguely reflects headline, IMO)
Locals unhappy about golf course project
From:The Irish Independent
Sunday, 30th November, 2003
LARISSA NOLAN
LOCALS living beside one of Ireland's geographical wonders are hoping that plans to build a golf course on it are never realised.
The tombolo at Castlegregory, Co Kerry is one of a few of its kind on this country: an 800-acre long and 500-acre wide sandbar that reaches out from the mainland onto a small island, connecting the two in spectacular fashion.
But due to its natural sandy terrain containing lots of hilly sand dunes, the tombolo is the perfect location on which to set up a golf course. Now an American company, Kilshannig Cross Ltd, has commissioned an environmental impact statement on the area, with the possible intent of building a golf course there.
The company has previously stated that it does not want to interrupt the natural habitat and will consider all environmental issues before any action is taken.
Castlegregory poet Micheal Fanning - who has written about the beauty of the area in much of his work - said the proposals were still in the very early stages.
"The application has not even been made to the council yet, but there is a lot of talk about this in the area," he said.
"There should certainly be dialogue before anything is decided or given the go-ahead. This tombolo is a fantastic site and should always be there for people to enjoy. If there was a golf course on it, maybe that freedom would be taken away."
The tombolo is currently described as "commonage", in that it is owned by a number of farmers.
Micheal Fanning is the author of Tombolo - A Poetical History of Castlegregory, which was launched last week on the tombolo itself.
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