I WISH to ask those people who have previously favoured routing the proposed M3 through the Tara valley to reconsider their position and support a re-route of the motorway and the establishment of a Tara Valley World Heritage Park, as set forth by the drafters of the Meath masterplan.

FOR several months I have watched from across the sea as the fate of my ancestral homeland has been decided on the pages of newspapers, in public hearings, and in the High Court.