Dursey residents warn they may abandon island if cable car not fixed

Cattle on Ireland's most south-westerly island face starvation and humans extreme isolation if aerial link does not run, warns farmer

If Ireland's only island cable car is not quickly repaired, cattle on the Dursey face starvation and humans may abandon it for the first time in 420 years, locals have warned.

Martin Sheehan, a third-generation farmer on Dursey, delivered the stark warning this week after a delay in fixing the cable car put a question mark over the habitability of Ireland's most south-westerly island.