Action group wants dig details made public

Neans McSweeney, South East Correspondent

That’s according to the Save Viking Waterford Action Group. It says little or nothing is known about work carried out at the Woodstown Viking Site, despite a recent claim by former Environment Minister, Martin Cullen, that over 5 million had been spent on archaeological work on the N25 Waterford bypass site to date.

The group has examined the website of ACS Ltd, the private firm contracted ACS Ltd, the private firm contracted for the archaeological survey work on the N25. The website, www.acsltd.ie, has two sections on their work in Waterford listed under ‘company presentation’ and ‘projects’ respectively. The first notice speaks of testing 10km of roads and ‘resolving’ 24 sites. In the second notice, the firm is investigating 44km of roads.