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Anger Strike Resumes Thursday 17th - Dail Eireann - Get Them Out!
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Wednesday June 16, 2004 20:07 by Vincent Salafia - Save Tara Skryne Valley Group savetaraskreen at yahoo dot com PO Box 30, Tara, Co. Meath 087-132-3365
'Anger Strike Calls for Politicians to Force General Election by Opposing National Monuments Bill.' NRA: "The M3 will only impact 2 sites." WAG: "That's funny - I count 28." From The Newswire: The Anger Strike protest, called by Save Tara Skryne Valley Group, against the National Monuments Bill will continue Thursday morning, at 9.30 am at the Kildare Street entrance to the Dail. The goal of the campaign is to rally support from the Opposition and Fianna Fail backbenchers, in order to vote down the National Monuments Bill, and formation of a new Governmewnt that will protect Ireland's national heritage at the Hill of Tara, as well as Carrickmines and Waterford. This morning (Wed 16th June) Trevor Sargent TD (Greens), Eamon Gilmore TD (Labour), and Mary Lou McDonald MEP (Sinn Fein), as well as newly elected Meath County Councillor, Philip Cantwell (Ind) were among politicians who joined the Anger Strike. A group of approximately 30 campaigners are calling on members of all parties to oppose the bill, to save Ireland's heritage, and to bring down this Government for once and for all. They are hoping that if the Government loses on this Bill, that a general election will have to be called. Continue at this link for the Full Feature including the reasons why the Save Tara Skryne Valley Group are so angry about the National Monuments Bill.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7very shwish.
Cheers for that. It is the work of Joe Fenwick and Conor Newman, at NUI Galway. You can see their site at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/faculties_departments/archaeology/Tara_M3.html
More info on the new bill...
http://newact2004.history.ie/
Trevor Sargent TD - Green Party, Phil Cantwell. Cllr. Trim (left) and Vincent Salafia (right)
Dylan, Heritage Activist Veteran of Carrickmines, Tara & Trim Castle
Heritage Activists of Ireland
Sinn Féin spokesperson on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Arthur Morgan TD said:
"Unsurprisingly, Minister Martin Cullen has brought forward a Bill which seeks to put developers and the interests of the National Roads Authority before safeguarding our heritage.
"This is an anti-heritage piece of legislation designed to overcome conservationist's opposition to the Carrickmines interchange on the M50, the M3 Clonee to North of Kells motorway, the Waterford bypass and the construction of a 4 storey hotel 20 yards from Trim castle. The basic underlying theory of the Bill is to permit the destruction of national monuments to facilitate infrastuctural developments. The introduction of this Bill makes it absolutely clear that Martin Cullen is as unsuited to holding responsibility for Heritage as he is for holding responsibility for environmental protection.
"If the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government had any interest in Heritage protection what he should be doing is putting in place mechanisms to ensure that, prior to the commencement of developments such as the Carrickmines interchange, proper procedures and impact assessment studies are put in place. This would ensure that mistakes such as those which led to the Carrickmines debacle are not repeated again and would ensure that national monuments be detected early and avoided when building infrastructure. What the people of this State are seeking is that roads would be built legally and properly having followed proper planning processes including the early identification of heritage sites and national monuments so that they can be avoided rather than destroyed.
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In relation to the Save Tara Skyrne Valley group and the statement ..."calling on members of all parties to oppose the bill, to save Ireland's heritage, and to bring down this Government for once and for all." Will any Fianna Failers vote against the bill if the anti-bill campaign has the stated aim of removing them from power?
what this i read about dun mor being bulldozed ?
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/2004/06/21/story153482.html
According to a Heritage Council survey, around 10% of all national monuments have been lost in the last 10 years. The vast majority of this destruction is carried out by farmers who are reclaiming land. Mr Gibbons said that changes in Irish farming had accelerated the process.