ANTI-M3 motorway protesters yesterday mounted a dawn vigil to defend a heritage site near the historic Hill of Tara.

RENOWNED artist 90-year-old Louis le Brocquy joined 1,000 marchers in Dublin seeking to reroute a motorway from the historic Hill of Tara.

Tara Watch is presenting a petition of 50,000 signatures to the Department of the Environment as part of their dispute over the M3 motorway.

TaraWatch campaigners are to stage protests at Irish embassies around the world tomorrow.