Irish Lighthouses Facing an Uncertain Future

Britain announced this week that it was withdrawing the 12 million euro annual subsidy which it pays for the upkeep of Irish lighthouses, and that it would be phased out by 2016.
Irish Lighthouses Facing an Uncertain Future
Lighthouse on Dun Laoghaire pier, Dublin Martin Murphy/The Epoch Times
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Lighthouse on Dun Laoghaire pier, Dublin (Martin Murphy/The Epoch Times)
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