It turns out we were on UTV on Saturday - sat outside the
Green Party Conference - people at the market were telling me today , I hadnt
realised
- and for anyone - like me - who missed it , I hope it was
making the point that although it may not have been John Gormleys idea - he IS
currently the Minister in whose care Heritage and Environment are supposed to be
- and so really he should be taking care of
Heritage and Environment
- which he is not
That the argument that in Goverment the Greens are working
on legislation so this can not happen " Again " is somewhat meaningless when
something unique and irreplaceable is being destroyed
That Tara is Important ..the destruction is Happening Now
That there are many precedents of a Government rethinking
the decisions of their predessors
That he should be ordering a new Environmental Impact
Assessment in the light of Changed Circumstances
That the issues around Tara are entirely relevant to every
single Green issue
And that asking for Tara to be declared a World Heritage
Site - and the Gabhra valley into a National Park dedicated to Sustainable
Development would be a good thing to do Environmentally - Culturaly - Spritually
- and in the long run - Economically
...I dont expect all of that was on the
30 second TV clip though ; )
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Carmel Hanna ( SDLP MLA for South Belfast ) has tabled a
motion to Stormont to protest the destruction to the Gabhra Valley and ask for
support for Tara -
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text " M3 Motorway,
Boyne Valley - Private Members Bill - Northern Assembly
That this Assembly cherishes historical heritage; expresses its opposition
to the proposed route of the M3 Motorway in the Boyne Valley, which will despoil
the historic site of Tara and other national monuments in this area; and calls
on the Minister of the Environment to liaise with her Ministerial counterpart in
the Republic of Ireland, with a view to revisiting plans and presenting an
alternative route, which will win acceptance among all interested
parties."
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there is NO reason that any Party should not support this - to say that it
is a Cross-Community campaign is true but -- - of COURSe it is !
it is about preserving a history from before any idea of "
two communities " was ever thought of
It is both All-Ireland
All - These - Islands
Cross-Border and Cross-Water
Tara does NOT belong to Meath County Council any more than the statues of the Buddha at Bamiyan belonged to the
Taliban
and the Irish Government is already being
taken to court by the EU for failing to protect her own Heritage
It doesnt OWN it ! - it belongs also to all these Islands
- Europe and to the World and is irreplaceable
" We Do Not Inherit Earth From our Ancestors - we
Borrow it from Our Children "
........ but we do need to write to MLAs to put this
case .... to newspapers etc as well - and generally to spread the word around -
also to point out the benefits to Tourism North and South
that the proposed Meath Heritage Park ( inc Tara and Boyne valley / Battle of
Boyne site ) would bring
we dont have a date yet for when this will be heard - we
need to lobby NOW
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The Sunday 17th Day of Solidarity went wonderfuly well ; )
---- although small in numbers - and not of course to plan
Ive written up something about it on
http://www.tarataratara.net/Tara_Blfst._OisinsGrave.htm
and hopefully it will be part of a film - but whether it
will or not - it was a fabulous day
; )
A few of us met at the cafe at the Black Box on Wednesday
- and we have decided to do this again
that is -
to go out to various places around the North with Historical connections of
various kinds to Tara
Partly as a kind of Spiritual Journey
but we hope to document it in some way and use it in some way to
give support to the Campaign to protect Tara
by
researching and highlighting the Spiritual and Historical connections to the
North
... ....we do have ideas ....but all Input is very welcome
....
In practical terms what we will do is gather outside St
Annes Cathedral at 11 am on Sundays - and get as many people as possible into as
many cars as we have - and - just go
This Sunday it will be to Downpatrick - next ...? who
knows ...?
as usual - NO idea what we will do there
- but we are busy researching .....
Oh - all are welcome to join us ..especially if you have a
car ! - if not we will do what we can to sqeeze you in to someone else's though
of course we cant promise - we will try
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re/ we would like to do more - a concert - something
Theatrical and/or a ceremony at Dunseverick ( Dun Sohairce ) - or perhaps at the
Causeway
We can probably gather musicians poets actors etc - some
are offering - but realistically we would need someone capable of co-ordinating
this
...anyone any ideas ..?
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Oh - I have resigned from the role of Organiser of the
TaraBelfast Solidarity Group - or would have - if there was any Organised group
to resign TO
...this is unlikely to make much difference
..... as we still exist - and we are still
going toDownpatrick on Sunday 8-)
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possibly a protest in Dublin on Monday - if so details
will be on the www.tarawatch.org site
and go up
onto the front page of http://www.tarataratara.net
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there is a heap of things happening at and to Tara at the
moment - if I try to explain it all then this update will never go out
and it is overdue already as there will be a Belfast Tara
meeting - of some kind
tommorow ( Saturday )at St Georges
market
meeting at the Mullans Organic Farm stall at
2pm
.... and then probably finding a quietish table
at the side of the market
but more info re / what is going on at Tara from the usual
sources
http://www.savetara.com
http://www.tarawatch.org
http://www.indymedia.ie and search
for " Tara "
specifically at the moment http://www.indymedia.ie/article/86349
and http://www.tarataratara.net which is
my site and where anything specific to the North will most likely go
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and the usual - this list is a mixture of people who asked
to be on it and some people I just knew anyway - please do let me know if you
dont want to be on it and Ill take you straight off
or if you know anyone who might be interested - please
send it to them
...or if someone sends you this and you DO want to be on
the list - just let me know
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hope everyone enjoyed the eclipse ; ) and hope to see some
of you either tommorow or on Sunday
xxx
Anita
