Category Archives: Save Newgrange

Balance in the budget – Letter to the Editor – The Irish Times

Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar, should examine lower cost alternatives to building a brand new road from Dublin to Derry, like he did with the Metro and Dart. Upgrading the existing road and improving rail is the obvious thing to do. 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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Dublin-Derry Road Groups Protest Budget Plans in Dublin Today

PRESS RELEASE – SAVE NEWGRANGE – 21 October 2011 ‘Dublin-Derry Road Groups Protest Budget Plans in Dublin Today’ Roads lobby groups, from both sides of the Border, concerned over the proposed new billion euro A5/M2 Dublin to Derry road, will … Continue reading

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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

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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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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

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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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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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