Letters 2007.
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December 2007
- Ireland in contravention of Agenda 21 and World Heritage Convention.
- Respect for our own culture is paramount.
- Tara row.
- Railway route could have accommodated motorway.
- Don't shatter our Valley of dreams.
- Motorways versus wage costs.
- Motorways not road to riches.
- Gormley's empty promises.
- Time for all to get over the Hill.
November 2007
- Minister takes the wrong turn.
- M3 possible without destruction of Tara.
- Why planning decisions would make good TV.
- Government doing more harm than old warlord.
- Road to ruin.
October 2007
- Greens in government show they can punch above their weight.
- Turn to the right road for progress.
- Government stance on Tara is disgraceful.
- Council and NRA distort EU report.
- Power has shown Greens' true colours.
- Tara and the M3 motorway. (5)
- Hero Myers.....
- Townsend's poor local knowledge.
- A mile from "the harp that once".
- Motorway is no necessary evil.
- M3 re-route the only just award.
- Kevin's hit and miss on Tara debate.
- Ordinary citizens should stand by Tara.
- Kevin doesn't know the facts.
- Myers has no respect for history.
- Celebs are right to highlight Tara.
- Another six-year wait ahead?.
- Meath needs more transport.
September 2007
- Opinions on Tara are short-sighted.
- M3 row . . .
- The rest of us live in the real world.
- How heartening to read Kevin Myers' comments.
- Celebs should go back to La La Land.
- Robust planning process needed.
- Each to their own on Tara saga.
- Fairytale train for Navan colrs.
- New York support for M3 route.
- Tara - an appalling vista.
- Even a child would have found a better route for M3.
- Route to scandal.
- M3 protestors are "heritage extremists".
- Listen to the Fairies.
- State needs to open up on Tara.
- Dempsey's road to ruin.
- The role of the EU in the M3 controversy.
- Jarring notes on a cultural scandal.
- Not knowing is not enough.
August 2007
- Tara saga - go see for yourself.
- Old mill faces an uncertain future.
- Road-builders chip away at the edges of a revered old fort.
- Heritage is of no value to the powers-that-be.
- Taking issue with M3 reportage.
- X111 International Celtic Congress, Rheinische, 2007.
- Don't tar over Tara (2).
- Don't tar over Tara.
- They won't stop for just any body (2).
- They won't stop for just any body.
- Dublin "monster" devours country.
- Bono and Bob sing dumb on issues nearer home.
- "Crimes" in Meath.
- Our coastline is now up for grabs.
- Visitors don't come to see our motorways.
- Celtic traditions live on in Tara.
- Gormley facing M3 dilemma.
- Grave matter.
- Road to Tara.
- We are all corrupted by power . . . discuss.
- M3 is funded by all taxpayers.
- Curse of Tara may have a sting in its tail.
- Pilgrimage to the Hill of Tara.
- Debate on Tara and the M3. (3)
- Some interesting Tara questions.
July 2007
- Debate on Tara and the M3. (2)
- Debate on Tara and the M3.
- Ireland faces bigger issues.
- Archbishop's criticism of Shannon role in Iraq war.
- Bertie goes his own way on the M3.
- Tara's destruction weighs on our spirits.
- Let's act like the tigers we are, flee the cage.
- Time to move on with M3 building.
- Construction work at Tara is illegal.
- One more mess for Gormley to tackle.
- Shame on you Irish traitors.
- Tara and the M3 Motorway. (4)
- Machines crush our heritage and hearts.
- Battle to save Tara.
- Minister Gormley replies to Marcin Libicki's letter.
- Motorway threat to Bertie's political legacy.
- Controversy continues over M3 remarks. (2)
- Controversy continues over M3 remarks.
- A list of "musts" on M3 route.
- A new valley at Tara?
- Taoiseach and Irish heritage
- At stake is the heritage of Ireland
- Letter to Minister John Gormley from Marcin Libicki.
- Is it time to re-route M3?
- Have they something to hide?
- How contracts can threaten monuments
- Open Letter to John Gormley, Minister for the Environment.
- Tara campaign has support down under.
- M3 and Meath Farmland.
- Tara and the M3 Motorway.
- Preservation order.
- Tara: valley or a district?
- Council Chairman's M3 remarks.
- Tara belongs not just to Meath.
- Killian's M3 remarks.
- The one about the Irishman.
- Stinging attack on anti-M3 motorway campaigners.
- Bureaucracy can be good for the nation's health.
- Taoiseach, Tara and the M3. (2)
- Quarry on slopes of Tara.
- The "culture vultures" arrive.
- Haughey never sold our heritage.
- Taoiseach, Tara and the M3.
- What will it take to divert the Tara road?
- Show some courage, John and reroute M3.
- Make Tara into a national park.
- Straight to the point.
June 2007
- Quarry should be welcomed.
- Keep motorway well clear of historic castle.
- Solution to M3 debate.
- FF must be challenged on neglect of heritage.
- Principles prove "biodegradable" as party surrenders on Shannon and Tara.
- Transport policy is completely off the rails.
- Controversy over Tara.
- Controversy over M3 and Tara.
- New roads are safer and better for environment.
- Imposing penalty points for littering from a car.
- Bad moves in a peak-oil climate.
- Our foremost national monument.
- Bertie knows how to keep his distance.
- Is there need for M3 at all?.
- Support Pillars for ancient elevated carriageways.
- The true story about Tara.
- "Lock, stock and three pork barrels".
- Preservation of our cultural inheritance.
- Stand up on your own two feet.
- Principles rot away.
- Rogues return.
- Fianna's last battle in Tara was in 284 AD.
- Garden of Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation.
- They will be left to feed on crumbs.
- Not one bit!.
- Time to reverse the attack on Tara.
- Roche signs off on our heritage.
- Sargent should have made his intentions clearer.
- Greens leave roots behind.
- Is Tara now forgotten?.
- Why this route?.
- Dick Roche's 11th-hour approval.
- John Gormley or Dick Roche?.
- So much for their commitment.
- New roads are a waste of space and money.
- Abandoning principles in pursuit of power.
- Greens have achieved little.
- A triumph of hope over experience.
- Sharing responsibility for the destruction of our irreplaceable heritage.
- The Green Party is now an abject creature.
- Re-route the Tara M3.
- Lesson of the man who saved a national symbol.
- Tara, M3 and EU funding.
- Make Tara our monument to peace.
- An Taoiseach of our dear land.
- Stupefied by greed.
- Ancestors at Tara.
- Investing in high hopes for the nation's future.
- Taking issue with M3 report.
- TDs must remember their commitment to Tara.
- What kind of legacy are we bequeathing to future generations?
- Saving our heritage
- Move the M3 from Tara
- Political inertia
- Tara and the M3 Motorway. (3)
- "Great Roads".
- Story behind a monument.
May 2007
- No absolute necessity for the present M3 route.
- NRA must learn from historic encounter.
- What use all the rigorous research.
- Tara and the M3 Motorway. (2)
- Dev must be turning in his grave.
- Tara and the M3 Motorway.
- This will not be a question of winners and losers.
- No need for this M3 route.
- Tara Campaign and National Museum Director.
- Campaign over Tara and M3.
- A US plea to divert the M3.
- Brian Boroimhe.
- What it means to be Irish.
- The Liberator's lesson for embattled Bertie.
- Saving Tara.
- This is our history, our heritage.
- Importance of Lismullin site.
- Cullen and Roche would be an excellent start.
- Tara and the Election.
- New Finds near Hill of Tara.
- Minister should change direction.
- Tara route opponents have been proven right.
- Ancient sites and baby elephants are under threat.
- "a hole in the ground".
- Independent advice now needed on Tara.
- Dublin Zoo's baby Elephant.
- Sod-turning ceremony in secret.
- Legal action did not delay M3.
- Taoiseach's M3 views disputed.
- Battlefield: plan to put tourist site at top of list.
- New "Find" near Tara Hill. (2)
- Prehistoric site must be preserved.
- New "Find" near Tara Hill.
- Ploughing through an ancient heritage.
- An integrated archaeological and historical complex.
- Motorway a fiasco from the start.
- Loss of soul.
- Infrastructural Ireland is blind to its own best interests.
- Ian could express solidarity.
- When you're in a Tara "hole", stop digging, minister.
- All the roads to nowhere.
- "While Ireland Slept..."?
- Taoiseach owes county an abject apology.
- The decision on this monument should not be rushed.
- Suspend work on that part of the M3.
- The term "national monument" has an inherent status.
- Ancient Kings of Tara have risen up.
- Why spurn such an obvious PR stunt?
- Landscape defiled.
- Tara's position is very special.
April 2007
- Views of great majority ignored as M3 takes a turn for the worse.
- "Peasant mentality" drives all over our heritage.
- Government fails to protect national treasure left to us by our ancestors.
- Think of Tara before you cast a vote.
- They buried Wood Quay.
- Taoiseach owes the people of Meath an apology.
- Tara shows what FF thinks of our heritage.
- Tara lies between ravaging paws of Tiger.
- Is all the change good for us?
- Tara - a cry from the Irish diaspora.
- Re-opening Rail Lines in the West.
- Re-opening Rail Lines.
- Roche and the M3 at Tara.
- M3 greater good should prevail.
March 2007
- Defining the Tara landscape.
- Commuting from Meath.
- Remember Tara on election day.
- Flight of the "earls" who keep coming back.
- Congestion charge is more madness.
- Commuting life beyond "The Pale".
- M3 Regulations being ignored.
- Councillor questions new tolls.
February 2007
- Punish the bad Planners.
- M3 as national monument.
- Legendary battles of Tara relived.
- Did we ever have a chance with Tara?
- Cost analysis pledge broken.
- Carbon trading scams raise the temperature.
- Tara Landscape and the M3 (2).
- Tara Landscape and the M3.
January 2007
- The mind boggles.
- Preservation of 16 Moore Street.
- Saddened over Tara situation.
- Concern of democratic process.
- Tara "sold to highest bidder?"
- Tara and the motorway.
- Differing Labour views on M3.
- Move M3 from Tara valley.
- Bias against public transport to blame for much of our network deficit.
- Let's get on the right track - before roads become largely redundant.