[diggers350] Tara - Solstice celebration and call for activists

Thu Jun 21 00:37:46 BST 2007

Campaign to reroute the motorway????

I would ban poisonous snakes from the whole of Ireland, not just  
chase them onto someone else's backyard.

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On 19 Jun 2007, at 15:26, Tony Gosling wrote:

> Tara - Solstice celebration and call for activists
>
> www.savetara.com
> www.tarawatch.org
> www.circlecommunity.org
>
> Welcome to www.SaveTara.com
> The Official Website for: The Campaign to Save Tara
>
> Tara (Teamhair) in Co. Meath, Ireland, was the ancient inauguration  
> site of
> the early Irish Kings. It is connected from earliest times across the
> Gabhra valley with its sister, the Hill of Skryne. It is through  
> this same
> valley that the Irish Government now plans to build a motorway with  
> a huge
> interchange at the foot of the Hill of Tara itself.
>
> This Web Site is a resource for those who wish to find out about the
> campaign to re-route the motorway and to learn about the history,
> archaeology and literature associated with this area that is "one  
> of the
> most important and famous archaeological complexes in the world".
>
>
> Tara protester held after bid to halt builders' work on prehistoric  
> site
> http://www.savetara.com/articles/2007/061607_held.html
>
> By - Paul Melia.
>
> A PROTESTER was arrested near the national monument on the route of  
> the M3
> yesterday as a campaign to halt construction of the controversial  
> motorway
> stepped up a gear.
>
> A man was arrested at Collierstown but later released after caution  
> after
> he and a group of campaigners attempted to stop construction crews  
> from
> entering the site.
>
> Eurolink, the company building the M3, asked protesters not to  
> interfere
> with building workers or equipment due to health and safety concerns.
>
> "Our contractors are working to a very tight schedule and it is  
> essential
> that they be allowed to carry out the work for which we have legal
> permission, without interruption from protesters who are not  
> protesting
> lawfully". Enda Tyrrell from Eurolink said.
>
> "We are very concerned that protesters are endangering themselves  
> and our
> workers by trespassing on our site".
>
> The TaraWatch campaign called on Environment Minister John Gormley  
> to place
> a preservation order on the entire Tara/Skryne Valley because the  
> area was
> under threat of immediate destruction. Advice
>
> Spokesman Vincent Salafia said legal advice suggested the entire Tara
> complex was a national monument and there was "nothing" in the  
> National
> Monuments Act which would prevent Mr. Gormley from placing a  
> preservation
> order on the valley.
>
> "We are asking Minister Gormley to do the same thing that Minister  
> Roche
> did to 16 Moore Street - declare the entire site a national monument".
>
> Mr. Gormley's tenure as minister got off to a shaky start after it  
> emerged
> that his predecessor, Dick Roche, had ordered that the M3 be built  
> over the
> national monument found last month.
>
> Yesterday, Mr. Gormley said he was powerless to change the order,  
> but the
> Labour Party claimed it was within his power to do so under the
> Interpretation Act 2005. "The minister has the power to make an  
> order under
> the act but he also has the power to revoke it", environment spokesman
> Eamon Gilmore said.
>
> "We're asking him to seek legal advice from the attorney general. What
> needs to happen is the new minister needs to get on top of this.  
> This is no
> ordinary site, it's a huge issue involving the country's heritage".
>
> The Campaign to Save Tara plans to "lock down" the Lismullin site  
> over the
> coming weeks, and has vowed not to allow construction workers or
> archaeologists near the monument.
>
> The Irish Independent, 16th. June 2007.
>
> > > > > > Tara Summer Solstice Gathering.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tara Ireland Ancient tribal gathering place,
> > > > under
> > > > > > threat of motorway to destroy 30 ancient
> > > sites.
> > > > > > Vigil camp ongoing protest and celebration.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For further info:
> > > > > > www.savetara.com
> > > > > > www.tarawatch.org
> > > > > > www.circlecommunity.org
> > > > > > Indymedia (Ireland and UK)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > www.circlecommunity.org
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please network this to all your campaign
> > group
> > > > > contacts asap In love and direct action
> > Phoenix
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Info from Irish Druid possee
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Tara Pilgrimage 2007
> > > > > category meath | rights and freedoms | event
> > > > notice
> > > > > author Wednesday
> > > > > January 24, 2007 12:01author by Con Connor -
> > > > > Ireland's
> > > > > Druidschoolauthor
> > > > > email info at druidschool dot com Report this
> > > post
> > > > > to
> > > > > the editors
> > > > >
> > > > > Celebrate your Celtic Culture
> > > > >
> > > > > Tara Pilgrimage 07 to Reclaim Gaelic
> > Culture
> > > > and
> > > > > Heritage - Vote
> > > > > Save Tara Valley
> > > > >
> > > > > Energising the Celtic Stream of
> > Spirituality
> > > > at
> > > > > Tara by offering a
> > > > > Celtic Blessing for Tara on the Summer
> > Solstice.
> > > > The
> > > > > Sun enters 0*
> > > > > Cancer on Thursday at 18:08 on the 21st of
> > June
> > > > 2007
> > > > > and this is the
> > > > > longest day of the year - celebrate your Pagan
> > > > > Celtic
> > > > > Culture on Tara.
> > > > >
>
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