Government doing more harm than old warlord

HERE I am, 12,000 miles away in New Zealand and three generations distant from my ancestral home of Kilrush.

I am appalled by the incredible attitude of the Irish Government to the historical and cultural heartland of the country.

Why, the Vikings of Olaf the White could not be doing a better job of destroying the old centre of Ireland than the present representatives of the Irish people.

How times change after all the struggles to protect Tara in the past.

Nothing this important can be decided by saying "my hands are tied".

Anyway, one thing we know is that all members of the Government now are responsible for this destruction of the very heart of their own country and history will remember them, one by one.

Iain Trousdell,
13 Roslyn Road,
Middle Hill,
Napier 4001,
New Zealand.

© The Irish Examiner, 6th. November 2007.