Tóibín attacks construction of ‘shameful’ M3

THE award-winning writer Colm Tóibín has condemned the construction of the M3 motorway, which opened yesterday.

Mr Tóibín said the desecration of the landscape around Tara was shameful, short-sighted and beyond belief.

The motorway, which passes through Co Meath, could cut journeys between Co Cavan and Dublin by an hour at peak times.