Dips in the road in Killarney are being caused by fairy forts, according to the Kerry TD.
Danny Healy-Rae has said that fairy forts are to blame for poor road conditions around Killarney.
According to the
Irish Times, the Kerry TD believes that the historic forts have been causing problems for anyone who interfered with them over the years.
“There are numerous fairy forts in that area,” Healy-Rae said. “I know that they are linked. Anyone that tampered with them back over the years paid a high price and had bad luck.”
Danny Healy-Rae's daughter, Maura Healy-Rae, recently told a meeting of Killarney Municipal District Council that her father is "convinced" that fairies are interfering with the road at Glenflesk, in Killarney.
When she was asked if he'd seen the fairies, she replied: "I don't know, but he's convinced they're there."
Maura Healy-Rae took over the council seat vacated by her father when he was elected to the Dáil in the last general election.
It's not the first time that the Kerry TD has made some claims deemed questionable by the public. Just recently he claimed that
eating a big meal before driving is as dangerous as drink driving.
"Can I just say to you, and many people will agree with me, if you actually eat too much and get in behind the wheel of a car, you are a danger on the road because you are liable to fall asleep after eating a big meal,” Healy-Rae said in a Oireachtas Transport Committee debate.
He previously said in an interview with Hot Press magazine, that Noah's Ark is proof that climate change does not exist and reiterated his belief that God is in charge of the weather and we can't change that.
