Clare farmers fear their land could be bought under compulsory purchase orders in a development plan for the Cliffs of Moher walking route.

A compulsory purchase order (CPO) allows certain bodies to obtain land or property without the consent of the owner.

In a leaked draft report for the development of the Cliffs of Moher walk, it was recommended that Clare County Council could compulsorily acquire lands along the 18km route between Doolin and Hags Head.

The leaked report is known as the Tobin report.

Former Clare Irish Farmer's Association County Chair Tom Lane told Lunchtime Live "I don't think there's any farmers in this country that would be able to parcipitate in a project like this with a CPO hanging over their heads."

"There's 38 of us here including myself, we are very disappointed to see this in the Tobin report - it was actualy a leaked report that came out," he said.

"The IFA has seen the Tobin report but the 38 farmers including myself, we have not seen the Tobin report about our property."

Clare County Council has previously said that CPO's were never the Council's preferred option, and that it remained committed to working with local farmers to ensure the walk could ultimately exist.

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Main image: An aerial view of the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare in June 2015. Picture by: scenicireland.com / Christopher Hill Photographic / Alamy Stock Photo