Heritage up a planning cul de sac

IT would seem that “archaeological significance” carries a different meaning in different areas of this little island.

Recently, An Bord Pleanála overturned permission for a two-storey house in Co Roscommon because of its proximity to the Rathcroghan archaeological complex.

It is hard to believe that this is the same body which, almost a year ago, gave full approval for the M3 motorway to cut through the centre of the 6,000-year-old Tara landscape, and allowed for a massive floodlit interchange to be constructed just 1km from the Hill of Tara itself.