'SAVE TARA!' - TaraWatch campaign to save Hill of Tara from the M3 motorway in Ireland

Prevent the M3 from destroying millennia of Irish history embedded in Tara, Ireland's ancient royal capital

Positions:	UNESCO should declare the Hill of Tara a World Heritage Site, but insist the M3 motorway is rerouted first World Monuments Fund placed Tara on the 2008 List of 100 Most Endangered Sites European Commission should accelerate legal proceedings against Ireland for breach of the European Impact Assessment Directive We oppose the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley advocating the Hill of Tara to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the M3 bissecting it 80% of Irish people want Tara declared a UNESCO site, and 70% want the M3 rerouted, according to national surveys
Category:	Environment - Conservation and Environmental Education
Description:	This cause is about becoming aware of and combating the imminent destruction of a critical site of world heritage. The Hill of Tara is Ireland's ancient capital, with a complex of approximately 200 monuments on and around it. Now the Irish Government is building a motorway through it. Please visit http://www.tarawatch.org for more information or email info@tarawatch.org