Protests at M3 construction
- on Lismullin site
By - Olivia Kelly.
Protest meetings were held in Dublin and outside Irish
consulates in the US yesterday against last month's
handover of the national monument site at Lismullin, Co.
Meath, to the company building the M3 motorway.
TaraWatch, the group campaigning against the construction
of the M3 motorway close to the Hill of Tara, has said
that the Department of the Environment had not been due
to hand over the site to Siac until yesterday but had
moved the date forward to December 18th. Significant
damage had been done to the site since, the group
said.
Campaign spokesman Vincent Salafia yesterday called on
Minister for the Environment John Gormley to explain why
the handover took place early and with no prior
notice.
The group also called on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to
intervene and halt the work at Lismullin.
A rally was held yesterday outside the Garden of
Remembrance in Dublin. Demonstrations also took place at
Stormont, as well as at Irish consulate offices in New
York, Chicago and San Francisco and at the Lismullin
site. Further protests will be held, TaraWatch has
said.
© The Irish Times, 9th. January 2007.
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