It’s emerged that Wicklow County Council has investigated a large wooden structure overlooking the popular Magheramore Beach for potential breach of planning rules.

According to TheJournal.ie, the probe was on the foot of complaints raised by locals over the house-like structure on lands purchased last year by Paddy McKillen Jr of the Press Up hospitality group and Oakmount property firm.

The council has since confirmed that the building is part of a temporary film set, for which planing permission was not required according to a spokesperson for Oakmount.

But locals remain concerned about promises to remove the building at the end of the film shoot, as well as access to the beach.

Access had been a primary concern during ahead of the public auction of the lands, which separate Magheramore Beach from the local community, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.

TheJournal.ie has more on the story HERE.

The main route onto one of Co Wicklow’s most popular beaches has sold at auction for more than three times the asking price.

And as The Irish Times reports, Wicklow County Council was outbid for the 21-acre site above Magheramore Beach which went for a whopping €700,000.

As previously noted on Afloat.ie, it’s feared that public access to the beach could be interrupted by the sale of the overlooking lands.

The sale has been “the most talked about story in Co Wicklow”, said Local auctioneer Catherine O’Reilly, who also failed to assuage fears with her belief that “the right of way is not registered”.

However, local TD John Brady said any attempt to restrict public access to the beach “will not be tolerated and will be bitterly opposed”.

The Irish Times has much more on the story HERE.

Public access to one of Co Wicklow’s most popular beaches could be interrupted by the sale of overlooking lands, as The Irish Times reports.

A 21-acre site that serves as the route onto Magheramore Beach, north of Brittas Bay on the Wicklow coast, has previously changed hands a number of times and is once again up for sale, with an online auction scheduled to begin in 25 June.

The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.