EV Charging Infrastructure at Sliabh Liag, Public Consultation

What to Expect

Donegal County Council is consulting the public on plans to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure at the Sliabh Liag Visitor Centre, one of the county’s best-known tourist attractions and a major draw for day-trippers along the Wild Atlantic Way. The consultation, run through the council’s Consult Donegal portal, invites written feedback on the proposal ahead of a final decision and closes at 4.30pm on Wednesday 26 August 2026.

Adding EV charging at a high-footfall visitor site like Sliabh Liag fits into the council’s wider push to expand charging infrastructure across the county as more visitors and residents switch to electric vehicles, and a working visitor centre car park is a natural location given the dwell time visitors already spend there while touring the cliffs. The consultation gives local residents, businesses in the Carrick and Teelin area, and visitors who use the site a formal channel to comment on the proposal before it proceeds.

Good to Know

Feedback is submitted online through the Consult Donegal portal rather than at an in-person meeting, and participation is free, requiring only a short registration step to leave a comment. The item is one of several live consultations on the council’s portal in August 2026, running alongside the Malin Playground and N56 Dunkineely proposals. Anyone with an interest in the Sliabh Liag site, including local tourism businesses and residents in the Carrick and Teelin area, can review the proposal documents and submit comments before the deadline.

Getting There

The consultation is conducted entirely online through consult.donegal.ie; no physical attendance is required, so interested parties can read the proposal and respond from anywhere ahead of the closing date. For anyone wanting to see the site itself before commenting, the Sliabh Liag Visitor Centre is signposted from Carrick village on the R263, roughly an hour’s drive south-west of Donegal Town along the coast road, with the visitor centre car park serving as the base for the cliff walk.

Why It Matters

Sliabh Liag is one of the highest sea cliffs in Europe and draws a steady stream of visitors year-round, so decisions taken about the visitor centre’s facilities, including charging infrastructure, have knock-on effects for how the site copes with growing visitor numbers. A public consultation stage like this is the point at which local knowledge about traffic flow, parking pressure and existing infrastructure at the centre can still shape the final scheme before it goes to construction.