Carrickminders step up protest against motorway construction

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.

Preliminary work on the construction of the South-Eastern Motorway has started despite the protests made to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Those opposed to the development include historians, archaeologists, lawyers and students, as well as local residents.

Carrickminders, the group campaigning to have the route of the motorway changed to circumvent the historic medieval site, has issued a list of demands to both the council and the National Roads Authority. These include an immediate reassessment of all plans for the M50 motorway and adjoining lands in the Carrickmines Valley.