Keep Ireland Open is a voluntary campaign organisation established to promote access to the Irish countryside and walkways.
The group believes Irish legislation protecting rights-of-way and access to recreational use of land is inadequate and minimal.
[citation needed] It claims that the Republic of Ireland has one of the poorest records of protecting walking routes in Europe and that it is heavily influenced by farmers' lobby groups that resist further legislation.
[citation needed] Keep Ireland Open has also been involved in several individual access disputes around the country, including in counties Wicklow, Cork, Sligo, Donegal, Mayo.
[citation needed] Keep Ireland Open representatives make presentations to government bodies, county councils, and submissions to Oireachtas Committees in support of the right to roam.