Reasons for An Bord Pleanala's refusal of permission for the development of visitor facilities at Mullaghmore:
Development was proposed for a relatively remote and undeveloped part of the Burren containing "a significant number of habitats and species".
Burren is "of international botanical importance" and the national park's management plan indicates that nature conservation takes precedence when conflicts between objectives arise.
Visitors and traffic would cause "an unacceptable degradation of the physical environment".
Traffic movements would be "obtrusive in the landscape and detract from the remote quality".
Other access locations to the park are available.
