Skellig Boatman’s Association raised concerns ‘numerous times’ crane could be washed away in severe weather
An inspection of the island – which featured as a key location in the latest Star Wars series – found “no sign” of any of the crane or its components.
In discussions internally, the OPW said the plan had been to dismantle and remove the crane from the island by the end of September. “That was scheduled for this week but unfortunately there was a storm last week, which destroyed the crane on the landing pier,” an email stated on December 7th. A report explained how OPW personnel had to transfer to a small rib boat so that they could gain access to the island.
A report said: “It was [engineer’s] assumption that there is no sign of the crane near the pier and that the possibility of the sea swell may have dragged the crane out of the cove into the sea.”
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