Fast food vans not welcome outside the visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher.
The visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher opened three years ago and operates from early March to the end of October. Tony Brazil, chairman of Shannonside Tourism, anticipates that up to 300,000 people will have passed through the centre by the end of the current season. The centre provides tourist information, has a café, a craft shop and toilet facilities.
Shannonside Tourism believes it provides for the needs of visitors without over commercialisation. Complaints recently received about litter and overcharging are not of the fault of the visitor centre.
The recent arrival of chip wagons at the cliffs represents everything they're trying to avoid.
The Cliffs of Moher is designated by Clare County Council as a high amenity area. Tony Brazil says that Shannonside Tourism did everything to protect the environment and the arrival of chip vans undermines this ethos. Clare County Council has employed a firm of pest controllers to make sure that the area remains vermin free. Tony Brazil believes Clare County Council has failed to deal with the problem of trading from unauthorised chip vans. Des Mahon, Clare County Council, says they are aware of the problem and are doing everything they can to resolve it.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 3 October 1984. The reporter is Michael Walsh.
