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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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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

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Pre-budgetary survey about Dublin to Derry road spending sent to political parties

SAVE NEWGRANGE PRESS RELEASE 11 November 2010 ‘Pre-budgetary Survey About Dublin to Derry Road Spending Sent to all Political Parties’ Save Newgrange has sent a pre-budgetary survey, asking questions about the Slane bypass and the proposed M2/A5 Dublin to Derry … Continue reading

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Meath Chronicle: Survey finds ancient earthworks near Slane bypass route

Meanwhile, the Save Newgrange campaign has brought its fight against the proposed Slane bypass to the North-South Ministerial Council. The group has complained to An Bord Pleanala and the North-South Ministerial Council that the public consultation process for the bypass is in breach of the Belfast Agreement, because the consultation does not extend to Northern Ireland. They say that the road proposal is in breach of EU environmental law, which provides for transboundary consultation, where the project is of a transboundary nature. Continue reading

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Irish Times: Earthwork ‘could have been part of Unesco heritage site’

The Irish Times – Tuesday, October 12, 2010 FRANK McDONALD Environment Editor A PREVIOUSLY unrecorded “impressively large earthwork” – believed to be part of the outer defences of an early medieval royal stronghold at Knowth, in the Boyne Valley – … Continue reading

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Meath Chronicle | Letter to the editor: The facts on the Slane bypass

Minister Dempsey and the Fianna Fail led BSC campaign would rather endanger lives in Slane on a daily basis than force the HGVs to use the road that was built for them, in order to unfairly pressurise An Bord Pleanala into approving a non-viable bypass, based on artificially inflated traffic volume. Continue reading

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PA Newswire, Ireland: Campaigners Fight Siting of Bypass Near Historical Sites

Campaigners tonight vowed to rally opinion against a controversial bypass after planners ordered a council to reopen public consultations. The Save Newgrange group said the move was a victory for those against proposals to run the N2 Slane bypass close to historical sites of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth in Co Meath. Continue reading

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Roads to nowhere? The Irish Times | Motors

Surely it would be more sensible to concentrate on upgrading the hundreds of dangerous, unkempt existing secondary roads where the vast majority of fatalities occur rather than building more and more highways that run the real risk of becoming white elephants reminding us for generations to come of our profligacy. Continue reading

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Londonderry Sentinel | Road lobbyists team up with southern counterparts

Vincent Salafia of Save Newgrange said: “We are delighted to have North-South co-operation between our community groups along the proposed M2/A5. Continue reading

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Meath Chronicle | Information on Slane Bypass now on display

Vincent Salafia of Save Newgrange said: “This is a victory for the public who were not given the full information in relation to this grandiose proposal, and yet who are expected to foot the bill Continue reading

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