COMPROMISE is still possible to save both Carrickmines Castle and the South Eastern Motorway, conservationists who challenged the route of the road project have insisted.

CONSERVATIONISTS battling to save Carrickmines Castle are due back in court today to appeal a ruling allowing the removal of an ancient wall surrounding the medieval ruins.

THE National Roads Authority has denied protestors’ claims of victory after archaeologists resumed work on the controversial Carrickmines Castle site.

A HUMAN skull and steps to a possible underground chamber were among significant finds made by archeologists at the Carrickmines Castle site hours before they were forced to abandon the excavation.