The Cliffs of Moher are set to be closed, or partially closed for the entire 2025 tourist season, it has been announced.
It was confirmed that the walking trail beside the cliffs, will be out of action, having been deemed not to be safe.
It was shut down following a Sport Ireland inspection, after a number of reported deaths along the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Trail last year.
Speaking recently, Eoin Hogan of Clare Local Development Company (CLDC), which manages the walking trail, has said that they do not expect the tourist site to open again this tourist season.
"Last summer, Sport Ireland did their biennial assessment of the trail and there were safety issues highlighted", Hogan stated. "These issues needed to be dealt with before the trail could be reopened. We couldn't open the trail unless we did these works".
"It’s serious construction work that has to be done. The trail is too close to the edge in certain sections. The trail has to be moved back from the edge".
"We have to get landowner agreement, we have to get planning in place in terms of regulatory planning for those works, and Clare County Council are involved in working on those projects as well".
Mr Hogan said that landowners are currently negotiating with CLDC and Clare County council in order to reach an agreement to get any work needed completed to make the walkway safer.
He also added that a new strategy for this trail is to be published regarding the future of this trail, and who will manage it.
Sport Ireland, CLDC, Fáilte Ireland, Clare County Council, and the Department of Community and Rural Development are also involved in the trail.
Both Mr Hogan and Clare County Council have said that they do not expect this trail to reopen this year.
