Category Archives: human rights

‘Save Newgrange to Propose M3 Motorway as Alternative to Dublin-Derry Road’

Save Newgrange is objecting to the Slane bypass part of the road, which will run within 500m of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site. Save Newgrange will also propose an alternative plan; to extend the M3 from Cavan on to Donegal. Currently, the M3 is losing millions of euro a year, which Irish taxpayers are having to pay to private contractors for low traffic use. Continue reading

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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

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Critics Invited to Fill out UN Heritage Rights Survey Online During Heritage Week

SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 20 August 2010 ‘Critics Invited to Fill out UN Heritage Rights Survey Online During Heritage Week’ To mark the beginning of Heritage Week tomorrow, Save Newgrange is launching an online survey drive today, asking … Continue reading

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Irish Heritage Rights Survey – Heritage Week Online Petition Drive

Save Newgrange and TaraWatch, in co-operation with Matt Schwoebel of the 2048 Project at University of California, Berkeley, are launching an online petition drive on Friday, 21st August, to mark the beginning of Heritage Week in Ireland. We are asking … Continue reading

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