Just found this:
http://www.protect-tara.org
There's a petition to sign and various suggestions for action. I haven't been to Tara yet, but I find this suggestion appalling. Has the Irish government no respect for their nation's heritage? (and for our world heritage!) :x
http://www.protect-tara.org
Tara, an essential part of Irish and European heritage, is in very great danger. The Irish Government is planning a four-lane motorway only 1 km from the actual hill, with a 25 acre floodlit (10 hectares) intersection only 1.5km away. Full construction work is scheduled to begin at the end of 2005. All archaeological and historical evidence shows that Tara throughout time has been inseparable from the land around it. Tara is constituted by its surrounding landscape, not just the hill. Leading archaeologists say that the entire Tara landscape should by rights be declared a World Heritage Site.
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