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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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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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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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N2 Slane Bypass Consultation Re-opens | Western Route Options Published

SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 17 September 2010 ‘N2 Slane Bypass Consultation Re-opens – Western Route Options Published’ The NRA and Meath County Council have today re-opened public consultation on the proposed N2 Slane Bypass, after being ordered to … Continue reading

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Please support the Save Newgrange campaign

WELCOME to Save Newgrange, launched Jan 2010, after it was announced that Meath County Council, the National Roads Authority and  Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, want to build the N2 Slane bypass (greenfield dual-carriageway), 500 metres from Brú na Bóinne … Continue reading

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Irish Times – An Irishwoman’s Diary by Eileen Battersby on the N2 Slane Bypass and the Battle of the Boyne Site

An Irishwoman’s Diary by Eileen Battersby The Irish Times – Monday, July 12, 2010 FIRST LIGHT, it is early, not quite 5am, if even that. We’ve come out to photograph one of several herds of deer of which we have … Continue reading

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Meath Chronicle: Council to close Slane Bridge for structural investigation

Council to close Slane Bridge for structural investigation Meath Chronicle – Wednesday, 7th July, 2010 4:58pm Profile by Ann Casey As the controversy over the proposed Slane bypass continues to rage, Meath County Council is preparing to close Slane bridge … Continue reading

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Irish Times – Appeals board to look at Slane bypass

Appeals board to look at Slane bypass The Irish Times – Monday, June 14, 2010 AN BORD Pleanála has asked Meath County Council to supply detailed additional information on the proposed N2 Slane bypass – including whether any alternative route … Continue reading

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BBC Northern Ireland – Battle lines over Slane by-pass drawn

Join Save Newgrange – Northern Ireland – on Facebook Battle lines over by-pass drawn – BBC NI News  – 1 June 2010 Villagers in Slane, County Meath, on the main Londonderry to Dublin road, have long campaigned for a bypass … Continue reading

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Save Newgrange welcomes Board’s request for more technical information on Slane bypass

Eastern Route of N2 – put out for consultation in December 2009 Board seeks more technical information on Slane bypass Meath Chronicle: Wednesday, 26th May, 2010 4:56pm A request by Bord Pleanala for further information on the Slane bypass has … Continue reading

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