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December 2007
- Tara site named in top 10 archaeological discoveries.
- January protest on Tara to go ahead.
- Expert claims road authority ignored advice on Tara.
- Lismullin site handed over to road contractors.
- Seeing the light as Solstice hits the Net.
- Several shades of Green.
- Tara album adds voice to protest.
- Lismullin Henge in top ten list of 2007 discoveries.
- The M3 heritage trail.
- Gormley run to ground by mixed bag of protesters.
- Council eyes bill of Tara.
- That's NRA way to do it.
- More historic findings discovered in path of M3.
- It's the NRA way or the highway.
- Ireland faces 17 cases on environment.
- Iarnród Éireann outlines Navan railway route.
- NRA unveils proposed route for €500m Cork northern ring road.
- Gardaí "not spying" on motorway protesters.
- Cowen ploughs €1.7bn into motorway projects.
- NRA drops rest area plan.
- Lee Valley bridge part of €500m road.
- Decorated stone found in M3 work.
- Megalithic art stone found during M3 works.
November 2007
- Gormley must get to grips with local councils on planning scandals.
- A rear-view perspective of Tara from the M3.
- Three plead guilty to offences at Lismullin site.
- Route of Navan-Dublin rail line to be outlined "within weeks".
October 2007
- Gormley begins archaeological policy review.
- Tara's Spaghetti Hell.
- Drogheda-Naas orbital route mooted.
- Court action fails to halt work on incinerators.
- Road network "must be utilised".
- Gormley defends Ireland's record on heritage sites.
- EU to take action over handling of Tara route for M3.
- EU group calls for M3 impact review.
- Motorway madness will define an era.
- "Mismatch" in green image sold to tourists and reality.
- Roads body embraces M3 report.
- NRA pledge to remove Blanchardstown bottleneck.
- Temporary protection order for monument.
- EU decision due soon on challenge to Tara motorway.
- The wrong road in the wrong place?.
- Tara - Ireland's historic political and spiritual capital.
- Film stars line-up for photo-test to save Hill of Tara.
- Gormley makes order to protect fort near Tara.
- Gormley signs order to protect monument near Tara.
September 2007
- M3 objectors harp on with "Save Tara" message.
- Sections of society.
- Donegal men believed to have been the first High Kings of Ireland.
- Unleash the JCBs and finish off the Tara motorway pronto.
- The Hill is alive with the sound of protest.
- Hollywood stars return to harp on about Hill of Tara.
- Human Harp symbolic of battle to save Tara.
- Harp that once... music and protests at M3 site.
- Protesters form human Harp to save Tara.
- Celebs join forces to protest over M3 at historic site.
- Stars pull strings to try to protect historic Tara.
- Protesters play same sad tune.
- Demonstration at Tara against M3 route.
- M3 protestors to create human harp for photo on Hill of Tara.
- Fraud probe into Dempsey brother deal.
- Activists unveil Tara plan.
- Gormley decision to save Cork oak wood praised.
- Minister re-routes road to save rare slug species.
- It must have been a monster jam!.
- Once Through Tara's Hall.
- Transport initiative - Grinding to a halt amid prosperity.
- Taoiseach urged to halt work on M3 motorway.
- Why Pat's not a gas man on the Tara road.
- EU group criticises Tara motorway plan.
- EU's "incredulity" at amount of environmental failures here.
- Tara campaigners plan further legal challenge.
- Ireland facing big EU fines over Tara.
- EU to decide next month on M3 site case.
- EU pursues State for 88 alleged legal breaches.
- Cases against ten Tara protesters adjourned.
- Gormley accused of "pandering to lobby groups".
- Planner says Transport 21 is unsustainable.
- Government to reply to Brussels warning.
- New road will change face of townlands for all time.
August 2007
- EU block on M3 "never reached government".
- EU says action against State over Tara motorway only at first stage.
- 2+1 adds up to a different road.
- EU threatens huge fines if Tara M3 work is not halted.
- M3 alternative unveiled as new court bid begins.
- Save Tara protesters launch "last resort" legal challenge.
- Save Tara launches new court challenge.
- Fresh legal bid to save Hill of Tara.
- Transport plan to be launched.
- M3 bypass at Dunboyne will be opened to traffic first.
- Gormley pledges no development along M3 at Tara.
- Archaeologists hope to unearth fort's mysteries.
- Forensic M3 dig unearths Iron Age secrets.
- Athenry medieval gate uncovered.
- Tara motorway cleared.
- Lawyers to take Tara fight to EU.
- Shabby compromise.
- M3 route plan likely to face legal challenge.
- Green Senator saw red during tough negotiations with Fianna Fáil.
- Protesters take fight to the EU as Gormley feels heat.
- Tara group fury as M3 is finally given green light.
- M3 gets green light through Lismullin site.
- The 1200 BC Whodunnit.
- Rackett, rhyme and reason.
- Tara ruins must be preserved, US academic warns.
- Call for 1200 BC hill fort to be secured as national monument.
- Tara ruins "must be preserved".
- US academic joins clamour to save Tara "Amphitheatre".
- Gormley "can't make M3 go away".
- Ship to shore: the journey.
- Flying longboat docks at Viking exhibition.
- Planning board will decide if M3 route needs fresh approval.
- Waiting for Greens to deliver.
- Epic voyage ends in cheers and tears.
- Viking ship sails in to deliver peace of mind.
- Heritage Week will satisfy our natural inclinations.
- Batty way to see heritage.
- Viking ship events.
- Replica Viking ship for city port.
- Transport deadlines "indicative".
- 11 major Transport 21projects delayed.
- I'm right, said Fred.
- Protestors hold peaceful vigil as excavations at Lismullin begin.
- Unearthing Bronze Age brewing.
- Expert: Part of Tara site saveable.
- M3 group vows legal response over dig.
- Protesters blocking Lismullin moved on by gardaí.
- Tara stand-off ends for now.
- Protesters are bulldozed in Tara row.
- Land cost for roads soaring, stats show.
- Protecting our heritage is important.
- Now Tara protesters tackle road to Damascus.
- Landowners get massive share of roads budget.
- I'm seeing red over the Greens.
- Delays likely for transport plans.
- M3 protesters released from prison after agreeing to bail rules.
- Tara Four' freed as judge warns: "No grandstanding".
- EU committee urges stop to motorway work in letter to Gormley.
- Love Tara.
- Transport emissions up 70%, says CSO report.
- Taking a carefully chosen route to the future.
July 2007
- Town rejects EU position after long wait for bypass.
- EU committee calls for immediate halt to Tara site works.
- Public transport smart card to cost €20m over budget.
- Gormley loses bottle.
- Four men are remanded in "Save Tara" protest.
- NRA call for weekly reports on dig work.
- M3 - it was always going to be a hot spot.
- Gormley hit by Green storm over "principles".
- Flowers' Liamo releases "Save Tara" song in M-way protest.
- Tara: Re-routing the debate.
- M3 protesters released and warned to steer clear of site.
- Tara protesters believe Gormley could save site.
- Gormley explains limited powers on M3.
- Public willing to pay to protect heritage.
- Campaigners demonstrate in Dublin against M3 route.
- Bully builders doing the real damage.
- Site on M3 route over 2,000 years old.
- State expert plays down impact of M3 on the Hill of Tara.
- We're on a road to nowhere.
- Four jailed over M3 Tara route demos.
- Tara protesters jailed after rejecting bail terms.
- Protesters arrested after clash at Tara route site.
- M3 protesters jailed after refusing bail.
- Medieval boat wreck to be lifted out of Boyne in days.
- Vessel's rescue in final stages - Gormley.
- Commission issues fourth warning over landfill pollution.
- Outrage as historic dolmen is turned into "baked potato".
- Tara protester threatens new court action to halt motorway.
- Ireland facing EU fines over environmental failures.
- Minister may sterilise area around Tara.
- Gormley asks EU how State could avoid infringement proceedings.
- TaraWatch steps up M3 protests.
- Gormley to be questioned about site.
- NRA rejects Gormley's claim of M3 legal threat.
- Tara motorway is illegal, says MEP.
- EU Commission probes Tara monument demolition.
- EC court move to save Tara site may be too late.
- Uphill battle to save Tara.
- Hill of Tara Roadway War Heating Up.
- Huge Row Over Tara.
- Group calls for change to M3 route.
- M3 motorway.
- EU challenges €184bn NDP.
- Green east man urges rail plan.
- Minister appoints anti-M3-route man.
- Council chairman rounds on objectors.
- Tara decision made before advice sought.
- Museum director "perturbed" about protection of Tara.
- Gormley to review State's heritage sites policy.
- Outcry as burial ground razed "under cover of night".
- Tara burial site "razed in secret".
- Anger mounts at destruction of Tara valley.
- Burial ground razed by M3 workers, claim protesters.
- Network of new M-way rest areas unveiled.
- Revealed: Dick Roche's Dossier on Controversial M3 Route.
- A Green light for party hope.
- Exposed: New Toll Charge Scandal.
June 2007
- Stone Age knife found in Killarney valley.
- The use of Cars.
- Solstice turns sour.
- Sargent's double-think as ministerial splurge signals new profligacy!
- Evidence of earliest humans at lakes.
- Archaeology expert to carry on campaign over M3 route.
- Gormley pledges to release entire file on Lismullin site.
- Gormley heard of Roche's decision "by text".
- Gormley appoints critic to advise on Tara site.
- Liam Reid to become adviser to Gormley.
- Protesters march on Dublin over M3 Tara site.
- Tara group protest against M3 as new discoveries made.
- Tara Watch fails to get meeting with Gormley on M3.
- Tara shop closed for safety reasons.
- NRA disputes new Tara monument find on M3.
- An Taisce appoints new chairman.
- Gormley M3 blast.
- Oh no, here we go once again.
- Curse of the Fairies. [Satirical comment? Webmaster.]
- No way back on decision.
- Archaeologists find "spectacular" souterrains.
- Ray of sunlight shines on disillusioned Tara protesters.
- The World's Eyes are on Tara.
- Tara road campaigners call for new legal advice.
- Tensions rise between contractors and protestors as M3 forges ahead.
- Minister spells out his three transport priorities for county.
- Rail line by 2012 is what Meath wants.
- A job for.
- Lismullin - part of a greater national monument.
- Gormley challenged over M3 monument advice.
- Gormley has discretion to call a halt to M3.
- Real fears of Greens wilting despite their strong principles.
- Sleeveen Roche shows Greens what FF really thinks of them.
- Tara is added to world's most endangered list.
- Gormley under fire on first day.
- New coalition - The Green machine is on a rocky road.
- Gormley will not overturn Roche Order to build M3.
- Floods threaten Lismullin site.
- On their bikes Greens cycle straight into some rough showers.
- Gormley "cannot reverse" Roche's motorway.
- Tara protester held after bid to halt builders' work on prehistoric site.
- Opposition round on Greens for "selling out".
- Roche signed Order to destroy monument.
- Protests in the rain for Greens who "sold out for Mercs and perks".
- Roche Order paves way for Tara road.
- Greens won't be pushing for re-routing of Tara motorway.
- "Significant" site faces destruction.
- Full list of the new Cabinet.
- Sargent steps down as party leader.
- Overwhelming majority sweeps Greens into power.
- Two-thirds must vote in favour of deal.
- Greens agree on terms to join coalition government.
- Tara group lodge complaint with EC.
- If Ahern wants security of Greens on board, he must improve his offer.
- Now, would the all real shady ministers please speak up?.
- Tara "crisis" gets international recognition.
- At-risk listing of Tara "timely".
- Coalition options open as FF and Greens fail to agree.
- Lunchtime deadline for FF and Greens as talks stall.
- Pressure on Greens over M3.
- Campaign to save Hill of Tara is boosted by pagan temple discovery.
- Greens insist today is final deadline for agreement on coalition.
- Hill of Tara and Georgian Villa on endangered list.
- Tara Complex waits on Ministers Thumb sign.
- Hill of Tara set for endangered list.
- Co-location hospitals a big hurdle for Greens and FF deal.
- Global warming, war, development threaten historic sites.
- New finds highlight Knockma's "sacred landscape".
- Fianna Fáil and Greens move closer on some key areas.
- FF and Greens to resume talks on coalition.
- Fianna Fáil and Greens meet today for coalition talks.
- Road work at Tara site stepped up.
- Another Bertie Classic.
- Greens and FF exchange policy documents.
- Tara protesters claim injunction threat.
May 2007
- Tara feature "is an early modern drain".
- Tara campaigners urge removal of bulldozers from sensitive sites.
- Campaigners occupy section of M3 site again.
- Contemplating the next turn on the road to nowhere.
- Yet Another new discovery?
- Is nothing sacred?.
- Long and winding road: how we got here.
- Erin Go Faster.
- M3 protesters claim bones visible.
- The wrong route.
- Tara protesters block depot to halt road works.
- Clashes as M3 route protest is dispersed.
- The spirits on the Hill.
- Kenny urged to address M3/Tara issue.
- Protesters blockade M3 building site.
- Tara plan "an attack on medieval studies".
- Henge is only one of many major finds.
- Why Tara must be saved from the Heretics.
- Someone will begin to ask questions.
- FF plans to build second M50.
- Protesters gather at heritage site as M3 work starts.
- As The Man Says - Through Tara's halls.
- Heritage group calls for repeal of monuments Act.
- Taking care in digging deep into our past.
- Wait continues for service areas.
- Dick kept in dark by FF over radio show request.
- Tara group urges rethink on M3.
- Where Dáil candidates sit on issue.
- Road bosses flippant on the key questions.
- It's not clever Dick.
- Labour will "stop destruction" of the Tara/Skryne Valley - Stagg.
- Group may block work on M3.
- Minister has Wallace report.
- M3 reaches a fork in road.
- Claims of more national monuments found dismissed.
- Ahern, Paisley to meet at Boyne.
- Archaeological site may be doomed.
- Group vows legal action over M3 monument.
- Minister urged to rethink excavation of M3 site.
- Campaigners to consider protests if plan proceeds.
- Group threatens legal action over Tara.
- Reporting of ancient sites up to road firm, claims group.
- Other monuments found on M3, society claims.
- Minister knew of Tara find
- Patriots protected land
- Vigil for a magic hill
- Ta Ra for now.
- Roche: so much to say, so few listening.
- Roche buried news of M3 hitch.
- History bulldozed on the M3.
- Next battle of the Boyne will unearth more cowards.
- Two major surveys failed to discover ancient site.
- Why we dig the m-way boom.
- Construction will take 39 months, says NRA.
- Up to 80 farmers still await M3 compensation.
- Breakdown on the M3.
- Royal Temple in a traffic lane.
- Answers "needed" over M3 go-ahead decision.
- Tara monument may have been royal site.
- M3 site a royal temple.
- Discovery of "wood henge" near Tara adds to route row.
- Relic find halts road construction.
- Roche alerted weeks ago to major "temple" on M3.
- Tara "Henge" will be destroyed - claim.
- Plan to abolish motorway tolls.
- Hill of Tara to be lost.
- Work halts at ancient site on M3 route in Meath.
- "Tara" motorway work to begin before end of week.
April 2007
- An Taisce appeals Tara motorway order.
- Pro-Tara group outlines election strategy.
- Aid agencies join campaign for action on climate change.
- Taoiseach and FG leader due in county this week for visits.
- Commuting places heavy burden on Meath-domiciled families.
- New heritage plan "for the people".
- Real heroes who are now fighting for Ireland's soul.
- Historic buildings to benefit from new grants.
- Greens target major road schemes in "radical" bid to tackle climate change.
- Carbon emissions an election issue, say Greens.
- An Taisce's legal challenge to M3 tolling fails.
- An Taisce in new M3 legal challenge.
- M3 case could halt all works.
March 2007
- An Taisce in court bid to halt new motorway.
- Leave sought to challenge legality of M3.
- Tara float a winner.
- An Taisce seeks to challenge M3 construction.
- Destruction of heritage continues.
- First major structure on M3 route removed.
- State may protect sites of battles.
- Monument "marks wrong Rising house".
- Ancient sites dismantled.
- Wild Irish roads.
- Meath on Track group welcomes new station.
- Signing of M3 contract paves way for work to start.
- Push for county Museum location in Duleek.
- Campaigners hit out as historical sites are dismantled.
- St. Patrick and Tara.
- US expert casts doubt on date of St Patrick's birth.
- Sargent defends plan to review roads programme.
- Over 100 road plans may go nowhere . . . if Greens get in.
- Eurolink agrees €575m contract to build motorway at Hill of Tara.
- FG sets out position on Dublin-Navan rail.
- Why the new-look M50 "will soon grind to a halt".
- Contracts for construction of M3 signed.
- Board hearing into Meath incinerator "tainted".
- Locals fume over 65m chimney at Boyne site.
- Meath councillors vote for increased population growth.
- Bid to put Ship in Museum.
- Greens in Govt would halt work on motorway.
- Bettystown FF Conference hears Taoiseach's support for Orbital.
- M3 road contracts likely to be signed shortly.
February 2007
- Plan to cut landmark house's protection zone.
- Council told to "de-zone" land.
- Collapse of the old Gaelic order.
- Taoiseach remembers Flight of the Earls.
- OPW concerned at plan for Battle of Boyne hotel.
- Concerns over final port of call for uncovered medieval boat.
- Fairies blamed for hollow in road.
- Cullen urged to build ring-road.
- First tangible signs of new railway.
- Report shows up grim reality of Ireland's greenhouse gas record.
- Report urges voters concerned by urban sprawl to consider choices.
- Ancient Tara site nominated for endangered list.
- Tara hill status to be reviewed.
- Unhappy motorists don't feel at all safe on road network.
- Why must he act the Dick?.
- PDs focus on plight of long-distance commuters.
- PDs make pledge on orbital motorway.
January 2007
- Minister rejects suggestions report is biased.
- Roche's shade of "green" at odds with the real Ireland we inhabit.
- NTR chief says Ireland must get serious on renewable energy.
- Viking ship found in Boyne to be excavated.
- NRA outlines details of tolling plan for Meath's new motorway.
- M3, N2 archaeological discoveries outlined in magazine.
- NDP 'does not advance' rail project.
- Archaeologists to monitor Tara route.
- Building on poor foundations.
- A plan that will choke our roads with traffic.
- NRA denies that hearing into plan to toll M3 is a "farce".
- Historic Irish Battle sites.
- Irish battlefields to be better protected.
- Tara tolls hearing to begin.
- Roads agency denies damage to Tara site.
- Ancient Tara site to be buried under concrete.
- Ministers Directions flouted in the Gabhra Valley.
- Colrs. M3 toll gridlock warning.
- Call for immediate investigation into Tara.
- Expert fights for life after tree mishap.
- Inquiry into accident on M-way project.
- Worker critical after M3 tree-felling incident.
- Tara Horror.
- Safety worker crushed by tree at Tara.
- Tara-Skryne protestors in new legal challenge.
- Lab councillor rejects M3 claims.
- Call for an end to clearing of trees near Tara.
- M-way protestors vow to save Tara heritage site.
- Tara protesters disrupt work on M3.
- Protesters bring temporary halt to work on new M3 motorway.
- Reilly calls for work on route of M3 to cease.
- Save Tara campaign criticises felling of trees.
- Celestial theory in book on Boyne tombs.
- Should we cut "bog bodies" a little respect?