Tara area belongs in heritage department

ONE of the great mysteries of the M3 motorway was why they were so insistent and went to so much trouble to put it through an pristine archaeological landscape of the Gahra valley.

We couldn’t find the smoking gun, land purchases that would explain this decision.

Now we know. Coillte owns Rath Lugh and the forestry area that surrounds it, right on the motorway, If we sell Coillte, this company will have the right to sell this land on.