Gardaí in Meath have named the 60-year-old pedestrian who was killed after a collision on the December 23.

Osana heads the 30 horses confirmed for Sunday’s Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham after a number of higher-rated entries defected at the latest stage.

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.

Hundreds of environmentalists took to Dublin’s streets today, demanding a halt to construction of the controversial M3 motorway through the ancient Hill of Tara.

THE Fianna Fáil MEP Liam Aylward (Letters, September 7) tried to “set the record straight as to the exact role of the European Commission concerning the M3 motorway”.

I would like to clarify some points in response to Liam Aylward MEP (Letters, September 7), in which he accuses Tara protectors of overstating the involvement of the European Commission in the Lismullen dispute.

THE second largest road development in Ireland at present is the construction of the 112-kilometre M3 motorway, which will bypass the towns of Dunshaughlin, Navan and Kells in Co Meath.

The Government is expected to make a robust defence of its excavation of the archaeological sites at Tara, to the European Commission this week.

A man has been arrested while protesting at Rath Lugh near the Hill of Tara.

THE current Heritage Week advertisement invites us to “look forward, look back and look around”.

Environmentalists today mounted a fresh legal challenge to force the state to halt work on a multi-million euro motorway through the ancient Hill of Tara.

MUCH has been written about the effects the proposed M3 will have on the Hill of Tara, but little about the effects it will have on the other monuments in the Gabhra Valley.

Environmentalists today vowed to take their fight to Europe after An Bord Pleanala approved the controversial M3 motorway through 2000-year-old newly discovered ruins at the Hill of Tara.

NEWLY discovered 2,000-year-old ruins at the ancient Hill of Tara site must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, according to a US academic.

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.

A LEADING expert on Tara Valley archaeology has suggested it may still be possible to avoid the demolition of part of the historical Lismullen site being excavated to make way for the M3 motorway.

Demonstrations at the Hill of Tara passed peacefully today as construction workers moved in to excavate the ancient site.

THE commendable decision of the Government to preserve the site of the Battle of the Boyne contrasts sadly with their indefensible destruction of the archaeology of part of Tara.

A senior state archaeologist today said fears about the impact of the controversial M3 motorway on the Hill of Tara had been overestimated.

THE planned demolition of the Lismullen national monument in Tara to make way for the M3 motorway is being investigated by the European Commission.

An ancient burial ground near the Hill of Tara in Co Meath was razed to the ground during overnight work on the controversial M3 motorway, environmentalists claimed today.

IT is now obvious that Fianna Fáil has no respect for our heritage.

The National Roads Authority is rejecting a claim that an important archaeological find has been made at a site in the path of the new M3 motorway.

THE contrast between George Lee’s ‘Future Shock: End of Oil’ and the following programme, Questions and Answers (RTÉ 1, June 18), was both pronounced and scary.

THE first real test of Green Party mettle within the new coalition has raised fundamental questions about the party’s future relationship with Fianna Fáil.

LIKE most people who have a cultural affinity to the Irish landscape, I was sickened by Dick Roche’s unscrupulous act in signing an 11th hour order for work to resume on the M3 near the Hill of Tara.

Former Minister for Environment Dick Roche has defended his decision to approve the destruction of a Stone Age henge recently discovered in Co Meath.

The new Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, is facing a major headache as he begins his first day at work today.

I READ in a recent article that the M3 motorway being built through the Tara valley will be partly financed by European Union subsidies.

ON May 17, Fred Barry, chief executive of the National Roads Authority (NRA), wrote in a national newspaper that he wished to provide a road that would improve the quality of life and safety of residents of counties Meath and Cavan.

A GROUP of academics has called on Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to publicly state his views on the Hill of Tara/M3 controversy.

WITH the recent archaeological find at Lismullen, I am reminded of comments made in 2004 by Michael Egan, corporate affairs director of the National Roads Authority, when he predicted it was “not unlikely” a “show-stopper” would be discovered at Tara along the planned route of the M3.

The Department of the Environment says it's received a report from the Director of the National Museum about the ancient monument found on the site on the proposed M3 motorway in County Meath.