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13/03/2008
NRA Insists Construction Work Is Not Damaging Monument
The National Roads Authority (NRA) is denying that construction work on the M3 motorway in Co Meath is damaging a national monument at Rath Luth.
Protestors against the road are claiming the work is destroying the ancient fort, and one campaigner has chained herself inside a tunnel dug into the hill.
This is preventing any construction work from going ahead and the Gardai are currently monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, the NRA are saying the construction work is necessary in order to install a wall that will protect the monument.
(CD)
Protestors against the road are claiming the work is destroying the ancient fort, and one campaigner has chained herself inside a tunnel dug into the hill.
This is preventing any construction work from going ahead and the Gardai are currently monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, the NRA are saying the construction work is necessary in order to install a wall that will protect the monument.
(CD)
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