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Call for Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, to Amend the Illegal National Monuments Act
The new Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, must act immediately to amend the National Monuments Act and the Planning and Development Act to comply with EU law and save our important cultural and archaeological sites. Continue reading
Posted in European Law, human rights
Tagged eia, eu, european law, hogan, lismullin, m3, phil, tara, unesco
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Irish Times: Heritage findings at Slane being ‘ignored’
MEATH COUNTY Council has been accused of ignoring the magnitude of the findings of an international expert who says the Slane bypass could threaten the status of Brú na Bóinne as a Unesco world heritage site. Continue reading
Posted in News, Save Newgrange
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An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing for Slane Bypass Begins – Traffic blamed for partial collapse of Slane bridge
Traffic blamed for partial collapse of Slane bridge The Irish Times – 15 February 2011 CONSTANT HEAVY traffic on Slane bridge appears to have been why it partially collapsed last month, an oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála into a … Continue reading
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4NI News: A5 Road Project Facing Inquiry
The route of the A5 in red from Derry city to Aughnacloy (County Tyrone). The continuation of this route, the N2, is shown in orange. A5 Road Project Facing Inquiry 4NI News – 14 February 2011 A controversal cross-border road … Continue reading
Posted in A5 Western Transport Corridor
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Irish Times | Welcome for public hearings into plans for Dublin-Derry road
Welcome for public hearings into plans for Dublin-Derry road FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor The Irish Times – 14 January 2011 OPPONENTS OF plans for a new road between Dublin and Derry have welcomed a decision by the Oireachtas transport committee … Continue reading
Transport Committee to Hold Hearings on €1bn Dublin to Derry Road
Save Newgrange welcomes the decision by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, yesterday evening, to hold public hearings in February into the proposed €1bn Dublin to Derry Road. Continue reading
Funding of A5 Western Transport Corridor Questioned
A5 Road Scheme Protest Redundant? 4NI News – 09 December 2010 Although contractors have already been signed up, political developments have cast doubt on a promise made by the Dáil Government to give £400m (€500m) to the Stormont Executive to … Continue reading
Posted in A5 Western Transport Corridor, News
Tagged a5, alternantive a5 alliance, corridor, m2, n2, transport, upgrade, western
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Minister Dempsey Must Clarify N2 Slane Bypass Funding
SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 6 December 2010 ‘Minister Dempsey Must Clarify N2 Slane Bypass Funding’ Save Newgrange is calling on Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, (Fianna Fail) to clarify whether or not there is funding for the N2 … Continue reading
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Press Release – Shelving of N2 Slane Bypass Welcomed by Campaigners
Save Newgrange welcomes the shelving of the N2 Slane bypass, and is calling for the An Bord Pleanala planning process to be cancelled. The N2 Slane bypass was not included in the Four Year Budget Plan, released on Wednesday, 24 November Continue reading
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Tagged budget, bypass, cancelled, four, n2, plan, slane, year
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Funding NI A5 Upgrade and Slane Bypass not a Priority for Labour Party
The Labour Party has cast doubt over whether it will keep the promise made by the current Government to give £400 (€500m) to the Northern Ireland Executive to upgrade the A5/M2, Dublin to Derry Road, which also includes the Slane bypass. Continue reading