Bertie Ahern has been asked to re-route the M3 motorway away from the Hill of Tara as one of his last acts in office.
A petition containing almost 40,000 names was handed into the Department of the Taoiseach which urged him to reconsider the route of the Co Meath motorway which, it is claimed, could destroy heritage.
Source: TaraWatch
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Corrupt Éire on a place of utter beauty: “… If ever there was a place that deserved to be preserved in the name of the dead generations from prehistoric times up to historic times, up to completely recently – it was Tara.”
This week an Irish Post poll showed more than 80 per cent of respondents were in favour of halting all construction of new roads around the historic site. In one of the largest responses ever received more than 3,000 people took part. That opposition has been mirrored in previous petitions and online message boards opposing routing a motorway past this historic archaeological treasure.
Against this background the Government’s intransigence smacks of nothing more than sheer bloody-mindedness. It seems Ministers are determined not to be seen admitting they made a mistake. But there is little doubt that the route chosen for the new M3 motorway is a mistake of colossal proportions. It is akin to Britain’s Department of Transport deciding to re-route the M4 motorway so it passed close to the world famous stone circle at Avebury. To make matters worse the Irish Government could have easily ordered the route of the M3 to be altered to ensure it avoided the Hill of Tara but chose not to do so. Instead they decided it was worth risking the destruction of one of the world’s most important archaeological sites for the sake of so-called progress.
Source: Tara Watch
ENVIRONMENT Minister John “Gormless” Gormley is now faced with a potentially embarrassing High Court challenge over a decision made by his predecessor to allow the M3 motorway to be built over an historic site near the Hill of Tara. The Green TD claimed when he came to office last June that he was powerless to over-turn a last-minute order made by outgoing Environment Minister Dick Roche for 2,000 year old ruins discovered last year near the Hill of Tara to be destroyed to make way for the M3. In a turbulent first day in office last June, Mr Gormley declared he had no authority to revoke his predecessor’s order, despite his so-called commitment to protecting heritage. Numerous high profile people have criticised the government’s stance on the Hill Of Tara, including most recently Dublin-born actor Stuart Townsend commenting that:
“If more people had protested against the idea of building a road on such as important site, the Government would not have even tried to go ahead with it.
But he stressed it was not too late to reverse the project, and said:
“People should let their voices be heard. This fim shows what people power can do, and Tara should be no different.
There is also a petition in place to stop the development of the motorway on the hill of Tara.
Please follow the link to Sign the Petition
