A HIGH COURT action was launched yesterday aimed at protecting the Lismullin national monument near Tara.

Campaigners opposed to the routing of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara today vowed to launch another High Court action to halt the road works.

THE decision by An Bord Pleanála to approve the National Roads Authority’s (NRA) plans to excavate and build over the national monument on the M3 motorway route is likely to be challenged in the High Court.

Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the ancient Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic today said.

Hothouse Flowers frontman Liam O Maonlai today released a song to rally campaigners opposed to the controversial M3 motorway route around the 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.

The site of a massive ancient pagan temple unearthed at one of Europe’s most archaeologically significant sites will be buried under a controversial motorway, campaigners warned tonight.

The path was today cleared for construction of the controversial M3 motorway close to the historic Hill of Tara after a long running Supreme Court challenge was dropped.

Campaigners blocking the M3 motorway near Tara in Co Meath may form a political protest party to run at the next general election, it emerged today.

ENVIRONMENTALIST Vincent Salafia was ordered by the High Court yesterday to pay a legal costs bill, which could be over €600,000, arising from his unsuccessful challenge to the proposed routing of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara.

An environmentalist who lost his court challenge to the routing of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara today had legal costs of up to €600,000 awarded against him.

An environmentalist who lost his court challenge to the routing of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara today appealed for his costs to be granted.

THE proposed route of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara was chosen after extensive public consultation involving some four thousand people and culminating in a 28-day oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála, the High Court was told yesterday.

The High Court has begun hearing a legal challenge to the Government's plan to build the proposed M3 motorway alongside the Hill of Tara in Co Meath.

A legal challenge to the Government's plans to build the proposed M3 motorway alongside the Hill of Tara is due to get underway at the High Court today.

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A High Court case attempting to block the Government’s plans to build the new M3 motorway close to the Hill of Tara was put back today pending a Supreme Court decision on another heritage site.

An environmental activist was granted permission in the High Court today to bring proceedings aimed at ensuring the re-routing of a proposed motorway away from the Hill of Tara.

A group protesting against a new M3 motorway route close to the Hill of Tara today told the Government to go back to the drawing board or risk 10 years of court battles.

If one spade touches the Hill of Tara the Government will be hit with immediate legal action, campaigners warned today.

A campaign group handed over a 10,000-strong petition to the Government today warning them to back away from constructing a motorway near the historic seat of the High Kings of Ireland.

Actor Stuart Townsend joined environmental campaigners today in a bid to stop the construction of a major motorway close to the historic seat of the High Kings of Ireland.

Presidential candidate Vincent Salafia has said he will seek legal advice over the alleged agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael on the forthcoming election.

The heritage protection campaigner Vincent Salafia has announced his intention to seek a nomination for the forthcoming presidential election on October 22.

WORK finally resumed yesterday morning on the remaining section of Dublin’s M50 motorway, but conservationists have warned they will try to halt the project again.

Work finally resumed this morning on the remaining section of Dublin’s M50 motorway but conservationists have warned they will try to halt the project again.

WHAT have Maud Gonne, WB Yeats and the M3 motorway got in common? The answer lies deep within the hill of Tara, Ireland’s most revered archaeological site and the subject of a campaign to preserve this sacred place from the juggernaut of progress.

OBJECTORS opposing the building of a motorway close to the Hill of Tara have pledged to take a series of legal challenges to ensure the route is changed.

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners claim an announcement expected today will result in the destruction of a national monument.

A FRESH initiative to break the costly deadlock over a new motorway out of south Dublin was yesterday launched by campaigners fighting to save the site of an ancient castle.

THE campaign against the construction of a motorway near the ruins of Carrickmines Castle in South Dublin was stepped up yesterday as protesters re-erected a blockade to prevent large diggers moving onto the site.

THE Flood Tribunal should investigate possible links between the enigmatic Jacksons Way development group and the controversy surrounding the C ring motorway in Dublin.