Hill of Tara

The trucks of the NRA (national road development) apparently do not have to inform the minister that they are moving more and more equipment into the Skryne valley on an hourly basis, because, and I am guessing here, the minister no longer knows if he will hold the same department come two weeks time.
The tools move in and who is to say what goes on there under the cover of darkness?

Yes the Tarawatch watches, but in reality what can they do?

Our ancestors must be turning in their graves, not least in the worry that soon their graves will be robbed of bone and soul.!!

All the hope in the world, all the placarding is not going to change a single thing, the fact of the matter is, this government is dedicated to the single handed obliteration of our heritage.

This government have brought us farther than any government before them, we are an envied economical magic tale.
However in getting us here, they have spent more money on tribunals which are a needless waste of money when every Joe in the street knows the outcome, computer systems which do not work and a voting system that gets no votes. Any government could have made those errors, but in a time when our health service is on its knees, the money could have well been spent elsewhere.

We have, we still have, the potential to turn the proposed route of the new M3 around, to move it, to end the heartache of our heritage, but will it happen.
Probably not, and why?

Simple, a politician took a spade and turned a sod of earth and that, dear readers, sealed the fate of our ancestry.
Engineers from three other countries have categorically stated that an upgrade of the existing rail line would in fact benefit the people of Meath far more than another motorway, which will in all probability be built with faults and will for a fact add to the already congested traffic which throngs our capital week in and week out.
All of this and a higher level of carbon emissions which will no doubt be incurred due to people now having the route to the city and therefore buying cars which they may not have done before.
People now owe out more money, traffic is more congested, carbon emissions increase by who in gods name knows how much, stress levels increase, more cars on the road means in all likelihood more road carnage.

Every other European city has a working and more than adequate public transport system.
A rail line already exists, the upgrade works would cost less over the projected period than the motorway will even if it does finish ahead of schedule.

AND ASIDE FROM ANY OF THIS. . . . . .

Over 140 Kings sat at Tara, they gave us the countenance, the history, the heritage and the folklore all which combine to make this the country it is today.
Little by little the Ireland of a hundred thousand welcomes, becomes the Ireland of greed, high rise apartment blocks, and motorways. A lot like any other country in the world, except more expensive, less historic, and far more bitter.

I am all for progress, but surely our heritage should be just that, our heritage, a tangible option for our children, our children's children, and all the thousands of people who come to this country and gladly give to our burgeoning coffers, so that a tangible history of Ireland is what they can experience?

How would the ancient Egyptians feel if the sphinx were to have a motorway over it, or the pyramids were to be turned into shopping malls?

Give Ireland a chance, give history a voice, do not take away our heritage, once it is gone it can never be replaced.