Dismay at Carnalway fence move

The controversial fence erected during the summer on a traditional riverside path at Carnalway was taken down by the landowner last Friday. But hopes at the weekend that this represented a change of mind on his part were dashed today, when locals saw that a more substantial one is being erected.





"We are dismayed," local man Steve Schwer told the Diary this morning. Steve is a member of the Brannockstown-based committee who have been raising funds to mount a legal challenge against the closing of the path.

There has been much local concern and anger over the issue, which blocks a right of way that has been in existence since, according to local historians, medieval times.

Brian Byrne.