NRA denies undermining Rath
Lugh monument
By - Unknown.
The National Roads Authority is insisting that
construction work on the controversial M3 motorway in Co.
Meath is not damaging a protected national monument at
Rath Lugh.
Campaigners against the road claim the work is
undermining the ancient fort around 2.5kms from the Hill
of Tara.
A protestor has chained herself inside a tunnel dug into
the hill in an effort to prevent the work from going
ahead.
The Gardaí are currently monitoring the
situation.
The NRA, meanwhile, says the construction work is not
encroaching on the footprint of Rath Lugh and is
necessary in order to install a wall that will protect
the monument.
© The Belfast Telegraph, 13th. March 2008.
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