Category Archives: Northern Ireland

Delay of An Bord Pleanala Decision on Slane Bypass Welcomed

PRESS RELEASE -25 October 2011 – SAVE NEWGRANGE ‘Delay of An Bord Pleanala Decision on Slane Bypass Welcomed’ The decision of An Bord Pleanala, on whether or not to grant planning permission for the N2 Slane Bypass section of the … Continue reading

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Media Coverage – Demonstrations against the Slane Bypass / Dublin to Derry Road

Thanks to everyone who came out to demonstrate against the proposed new Dublin to Derry Road, which includes the Slane Bypass, on Friday. Thanks too, to those who helped promote the events online. We started at the Dail, and Press Association kindly covered the event, which was picked up by Metro Herald Continue reading

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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

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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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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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The Irish Times – New round of public consultations ordered for proposed Slane bypass

New round of public consultations ordered for proposed Slane bypass The Irish Times – Monday, September 20, 2010 FRANK McDONALD Environment Editor A NEW round of public consultations on controversial plans for a dual-carriageway bypass of Slane, Co Meath, has … Continue reading

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ESRI economist Dr Edgar Morgenroth warned N2 Slane bypass was waste of taxpayers’ money in 2009

Dr Edgar Morgenroth, Associate Research Professor with the Economic and Social Research Centre (ESRI), believes the Slane bypass is “idiotic”. On 24 April 2009 he wrote an Opinion piece for The Irish Times saying, “Of course, not all planned infrastructure projects were good projects to start with and some should certainly be abandoned. It is remarkable that there are plans to facilitate the avoidance of the toll on the M1 by building a bypass around Slane involving the expensive construction of a bridge over the river Boyne when a simple HGV ban would solve the local traffic problems. Continue reading

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M2/N2/A5 Dublin-Derry Motorway Community Groups to Co-Operate on Motorway Campaign

PRESS RELEASE – SAVE NEWGRANGE – 27 August 2010 ‘M2/N2/A5 Dublin-Derry Motorway Community Groups to Co-Operate on MotorwayCampaign’ Three campaign groups, working on different sections of the proposed M2/N2/A5 motorway, which will eventually run from Dublin to Derry, have agreed … Continue reading

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Public Consultation for N2 Clontibret to Northern Ireland Border Road Scheme- DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 31 AUG

The N2 Slane bypass is a small section of an overall plan to build a single M2 motorway, the M2/A5, from Dublin to Derry in Northern Ireland. So far, the M2 motorway from Dublin to Ashbourne, Co. Meath, has been … Continue reading

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More Trouble on the N2 – Locals bid to halt plans for new Monaghan dual carriageway

Locals bid to halt plans for new Monaghan dual carriageway The Irish Times – Thursday, August 19, 2010 A CAMPAIGN has been launched in Co Monaghan against plans for a new dual carriageway to replace the N2, from Clontibret to … Continue reading

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