The intense battle between protesters and the M3 Motorway, carving through the archaeological landscape, surrounding the ancient hill of Tara in County Meath in Ireland continues…….
This morning at 6.30am there was a dawn raid on the direct action camp on top of the Rath Lugh National Monument, only four hours before an injunction was due to be placed at 10.30am.
During the raid clueless construction workers were acting like the police, throwing their weight around, whilst dismantling the camp.
Protesters inside the tunnel network are vulnerable and need legal observers to protect them, the bulldozers are continuing to work on top of them, knowing full well that the ground is mainly sand and silt.
“The eviction is blatantly not being done with any care or proper training to remove the tunnel inhabitants” All tunnel veterans from the 90’s please get over to Tara to help with skills and advice ASAP!
This part of the M3 route is where Halliburton (owned by Dick Cheyney) are planning to build the tolls for the motorway, the construction workers are using C.P.O’s, compulsory purchase order’s to access the area, where they’ve started to cut into the esker / foundation.
This will result in lowering the water table, preventing water reaching the roots of the forest situated on top of the monument, gradually destroying hundreds of ancient oak’s and beech trees.
The National Roads Authority and the Irish Gov’t are choosing to ignore the fact that Rath Lugh is protected under the National Monuments act 2004 and are continuing to break EU Laws left, right and centre.

Further along the route tarmac is being laid at Soldiers Hill for the massive three acre interchange, as the concrete flyovers are going up.
Developers have plans for the surrounding area which will include shopping centres, hotel complexes and the usual Star Bucks and Mc Shite everywhere!!

People are desperately needed to go to Tara now, to build a new direct action camp, activists are meeting at Holyhead ferry port between 12noon -1pm Saturday 15th March, we have some money to contribute towards tickets, if folk want to come, get in touch with schNEWS.
If you can’t come to Ireland but want to take action here in the UK see below SIAC companies:

SIAC are an Irish company (South Ireland Asphalt Company) who have a 5% stake in the construction of the Irish M3 on it's contested route in co Meath Ireland, and are also involved in the construction of an onshore gas refinery terminal at Rossport co Mayo.
along with their croneys FERROVIAL (Owners of Climate criminal company BAA and. 7 U. K airports) They are instrumental in the desecration and destruction of the sacred Tara valley in Ireland, Activists have called for solidarity against SIAC, and there will be ongoing actions against them and ferrovial internationally, with the formulation of international affinity groups.
Activists say there will be Actions against SIAC on and around March 17th 08, with dates for an international day of action against FERROVIAL to be announced shortly, SIAC have operations throughout the UK and Ireland in many fields ranging from construction to pharmaceutical research so there are plenty of opportunity to make you objections to them felt, so please publicise and organize in your local community, (see link's bellow) TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERANCE!




Howell James, Managing Director, SIAC Construction (UK) Ltd
Bond's Mill
The Counting House
Stonehouse
Gloucestershire
GL10 3RF
Tel: 00 44 145 382 8888
Fax: 00 44 145 382 4188
Sales enquiries E-mail:  bob.abraham@siac.co.uk

Structural Steel
Richard Cooper, Managing Director, SIAC Tetbury Steel Ltd
London Road
Tetbury
Gloucestershire
GL8 8HH
Tel: 00 44 1666 502792
Fax: 00 44 1666 504246
E-mail:  richard.cooper@siac.co.uk

Russell Thomson, Managing Director, Graham Wood Structural Limited
Chartwell Road
Lancing Business Park
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 8TY
Tel: 00 44 (0) 1903 755991
Fax: 00 44 (0)1903 755384
E-mail:  r.thomson@grahamwoodstructural.co.uk
Website : www.grahamwoodstructural.co.uk

FOR UP-DATES AND INFO HOW TO GET TO TARA CHK OUT :

www.tarapixie.net
www.savetara.com
www.tarataratara.net