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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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‘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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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

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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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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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