Tara goes to Europe

Irish Environmentalists today vowed to take their fight to Europe after An Bord Pleanala approved the controversial M3 motorway through 2000-year-old newly discovered ruins at the Hill of Tara.
The planning board’s green light means the prehistoric Lismullen discovery thought to be a ceremonial enclosure, will be probed by archaeologists before being razed to make way for the multi-million euro project.
The board was examining whether the discovery last April of the ancient structure in the motorway’s path would require a fresh planning application by developers.
But it said the find did not constitute a material alteration to the M3 scheme, which it had already approved in September 2003.
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The National Roads Authority (NRA) said it respected the board’s decision, while protesters branded the news as disappointing.
“We’re obviously disappointed but not surprised, We’re going to run to our lawyers now with a copy of the decision from An Bord Pleanala. TaraWatch will make an immediate appeal to the European Commission over the decision of An Bord Pleanala to allow the M3 motorway to be built over the newly discovered Lismullen national monument. The decision of the board was made without any public consultation or opportunity for independent assessment to be given,” campaigner Vincent Salafia of TaraWatch said.
TaraWatch is now planning a Love Tara march in Dublin on September 15, the second such gathering, to protest at the development.

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