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 an historic battlefield, it was claimed today.

Motorway plans 'breach Good Friday Agreement'
Wed, 19 Jan, 2005 - 15:02

The Government breached the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement by allowing a proposed motorway route to cut through an historic battlefield, it was claimed today.

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

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