Motorway plans ‘breach Good Friday Agreement’

THE Government breached the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement by allowing a proposed motorway route to cut through the historic battlefield of Aughrim, An Taisce claimed yesterday.

An Taisce - Ireland’s National Trust - accused Taoiseach Bertie Ahern of giving tokenistic assurances to Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and the Orange Order.

Dr Mark Clinton said representations were made to the Taoiseach in March 2001 about the significance of the site in Aughrim and the damage that would be done by building the M6 through the historic Co Galway battlefield.