Illegal bonfires in Kerry estate must stop says councillor after numerous fire service call outs

A north Kerry councillor has urged Kerry County Council to do more to tackle illegal bonfires in Listowel after numerous fire service call outs in recent weeks. Councillor Tom Barry said the fire service had visited Feale Drive estate up to 12 times in the last two weeks to deal with bonfires on common ground. 'Every year I'm highlighting it, every year nothing is done about it,' said Cllr Barry. We ned to be a lot more proactive that we already are...its the same areas every year that are suffering from this and it cant keep happening.' Read more Major Kerry-Limerick solar farm plans move to next stage with over 140 submissions Cllr Barry said the council done a good job to clean up the mess left by youths but urged them to co-ordinate with the Gardai on the issue. Councillor Sam Locke added that bonfires were all over the county. 'I can't for the life of me understand how we are allowing this where it has already caused devastating effects on the lands around it,' he said. Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme