Vincent Salafia – Feed- Balance in the budget – Letter to the Editor – The Irish Times October 28, 2011
- Media Coverage – Demonstrations against the Slane Bypass / Dublin to Derry Road October 24, 2011
- Lobby group welcomes decision to suspend Slane bypass project August 10, 2011
- Government Must Prioritize National Monuments Bill in Programme of Legislation April 6, 2011
- Call for Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, to Amend the Illegal National Monuments Act April 3, 2011
- Re:Public2011 candidate debate with Vincent Browne and David McWilliams – Tue 15 Feb – Button Factory February 12, 2011
- Meath Chronicle – Hearing on Slane bypass due to start next month January 26, 2011
- Irish Times | Welcome for public hearings into plans for Dublin-Derry road January 14, 2011
- Transport Committee to Hold Hearings on €1bn Dublin to Derry Road January 13, 2011
- Minister Dempsey Must Clarify N2 Slane Bypass Funding December 6, 2010
Category Archives: Vincent Salafia
Media Coverage – Demonstrations against the Slane Bypass / Dublin to Derry Road
Thanks to everyone who came out to demonstrate against the proposed new Dublin to Derry Road, which includes the Slane Bypass, on Friday. Thanks too, to those who helped promote the events online. We started at the Dail, and Press … Continue reading
Irish Times | Welcome for public hearings into plans for Dublin-Derry road
Welcome for public hearings into plans for Dublin-Derry road FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor The Irish Times – 14 January 2011 OPPONENTS OF plans for a new road between Dublin and Derry have welcomed a decision by the Oireachtas transport committee … Continue reading
Transport Committee to Hold Hearings on €1bn Dublin to Derry Road
Save Newgrange welcomes the decision by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, yesterday evening, to hold public hearings in February into the proposed €1bn Dublin to Derry Road. Continue reading
Meath Chronicle: Survey finds ancient earthworks near Slane bypass route
Meanwhile, the Save Newgrange campaign has brought its fight against the proposed Slane bypass to the North-South Ministerial Council. The group has complained to An Bord Pleanala and the North-South Ministerial Council that the public consultation process for the bypass is in breach of the Belfast Agreement, because the consultation does not extend to Northern Ireland. They say that the road proposal is in breach of EU environmental law, which provides for transboundary consultation, where the project is of a transboundary nature.
Spokesman Vincent Salafia said that the N2 Slane Bypass was part of the plan to link the A5/M2 motorway between Dublin and Derry, which is being funded as part of the Belfast Agreement. Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, has committed €500,000 to the Northern Ireland authorities for construction of the A5 and other roads under the agreement. Continue reading
Posted in Heritage Campaigns, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia
Tagged bypass, crewbane, enclosure, feniwck, joe, n2, slane, unesco
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Minister Gormley Must Bring Forward the National Monuments Bill, Before An Bord Pleanála Decides on the N2 Slane Bypass
[Unpublished letter sent to The Irish Times, October 11, 2010] Maol Sheachlainn Ó Caollaí rightly points out that “the current National Monuments Acts do not provide any protection for historic battlefields”, and urges to Minister to include such protections “in … Continue reading
Posted in Letter to the Editor, Vincent Salafia
Tagged act, aughrim, battlefield, bypass, monuments, n2, national, slane, unesco
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Meath Chronicle | Letter to the editor: The facts on the Slane bypass
Minister Dempsey and the Fianna Fail led BSC campaign would rather endanger lives in Slane on a daily basis than force the HGVs to use the road that was built for them, in order to unfairly pressurise An Bord Pleanala into approving a non-viable bypass, based on artificially inflated traffic volume. Continue reading
Posted in Economic Arguments, Edgar Morgenroth, Letter to the Editor, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia
Tagged bypass, campaign, economist, esri, Morgenroth, n2, newgrange, save, save newgrange, slane, vincent salafia
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Londonderry Sentinel | Road lobbyists team up with southern counterparts
Vincent Salafia of Save Newgrange said: “We are delighted to have North-South co-operation between our community groups along the proposed M2/A5 Continue reading
Meath Chronicle | Information on Slane Bypass now on display
This is a victory for the public who were not given the full information in relation to this grandiose proposal, and yet who are expected to foot the bill. Continue reading
The Irish Times – New round of public consultations ordered for proposed Slane bypass
Save Newgrange spokesman Vincent Salafia said: “We will be waging an international campaign over the next month, particularly in Northern Ireland, to get as many objections as possible filed with An Bord Pleanála.” Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Preservation, Environmental Protection, News, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia
Tagged bypass, consultation, n2, newgrange, public, save, slane, unesco, vincent salafia
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N2 Slane Bypass Consultation Re-opens | Western Route Options Published
SAVE NEWGRANGE – PRESS RELEASE – 17 September 2010 ‘N2 Slane Bypass Consultation Re-opens – Western Route Options Published’ The NRA and Meath County Council have today re-opened public consultation on the proposed N2 Slane Bypass, after being ordered to … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Preservation, Environmental Protection, Heritage Campaigns, News, Save Newgrange, Vincent Salafia
Tagged bend, boyne, bypass, consultation, n2, newgrange, public, save, slane, unesco
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