tree clearance starts at Tara — help please

6.1.07
Oppo­nents of the new M3 motor­way in Co Meath have mount­ed a demon­stra­tion in the Tara-Skryne val­ley today to protest at the felling of trees along the route of the pro­posed road.

The pro­tes­tors are accus­ing the Nation­al Roads Author­i­ty of tear­ing down mature trees at sev­er­al sites on the route, includ­ing the his­toric Rath Lugh area.

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” in the Tara-Skryne war­zone. Seri­ous dam­age has been done to Rath Lugh, Ard­sal­lagh and Sol­diers’ Hill (Blundlestown). But we were able to slow down ongo­ing destruc­tion work to a cer­tain degree with “direct action ” mes­sures.

The dam­age to Rath Lugh is the heav­i­est loss we had to accept. And I have the feel­ing tree felling and earth-removal from around Rath Lugh has not been con­clud­ed yet.

The only area still undam­aged so far is a Coillte plan­ta­tion known is Lis­mullin Woods near Rath Lugh. The Gabhra runs through those woods, and a base camp is under in the plan­ta­tion to serve as last line of defence for our archae­o­log­i­cal and his­tor­i­cal her­itage with­in the Tara — Skryne Val­ley.

Please, if you got the time, head out to this camp, or the nerve cen­tre of the Vig­il on Tara Hill, and play your role in our defen­sive war for our her­itage and cul­ture. Basic food sup­plies are always need­ed and wel­come. ”

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilloftara/

See also:

Irish Times: Pro­test­ers bring tem­po­rary halt to work on new M3 motor­way (4 Jan)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilloftara/message/2097

Irish Inde­pen­dent: Tara pro­test­ers dis­rupt work on M3 (4 Jan)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilloftara/message/2100

Irish News: M‑way pro­tes­tors vow to save Tara her­itage site (4 Jan)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hilloftara/message/2102

Irish Times: Call for an end to clear­ing of trees near Tara (6 Jan)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/taralitigation/message/533