Heritage chicken put back in with the fox

THE decision to break up Dúchas and move the National Monuments Section back into the Office of Public Works is putting the chickens back in with the fox. Despite the mistakes made

Before casting the first stone at the destroyers of Iraq’s ancient artifacts and sites, one should examine it closer; chances are it is another of our own cultural icons we are tossing away.

While this island may be a fine launch-pad for ‘liberation’, it is certainly no landing-strip for enlightenment. Ireland destroys a minimum of 1,200 important heritage sites a year.