12.07.07: ‘Tara Campaigners to Picket Irish Embassies World Wide Tomorrow’:Tarawatch

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TaraWatch will picket a number of Irish embassies world wide, and at
Dail Eireann, tomorrow, to protest the failure of the Irish
Government’s refusal to heed warnings from the European Commission that
M3 works at the Hill of Tara are illegal.

TaraWatch UK will picket in London. TaraWatch US will hold
demonstrations in a number of cities including New York, Boston,
Chicago and Los Angeles. The Dublin demonstration will begin outside
Dail Eireann, Kildare Street, at 11.00am.

International support has been rapidly growing since the World
Monuments Fund designated Tara one of the 100 Most Endangered sites in
June. In addition, news of the election pact between the Green Party
and Fianna Fail, at the cost of Tara, as well as Government refusal to
heed EU warnings, have inflamed passions in many Irish abroad.

Many supporters are also traveling from abroad to join in protests here
in Ireland, and camping near the Hill of Tara.

TaraWatch is stepping up protests in an effort to put pressure on
Minister Gormley to act and prevent this matter going before the
courts. A large ‘Love Tara’ march will be held on Saturday, 21st July
in Dublin at 1.00pm, which will go from the Garden of Remembrance to
Custom House.

The demonstration in New York City is scheduled to occur between 12
noon and 2 pm on Friday, 13 July. The Irish Consulate is located at 345
Park Avenue in Manhattan. However, participants will gather at 52nd
Street and Park Avenue at 11:30 am.

The Chicago demonstration at the Irish Embassy is between 12 Noon and 3
PM on July 13, Friday. The Irish Embassy is located in the Wrigley
Building on Michigan Avenue at the Chicago River, the same location of
the British Embassy.

The demo is at the Irish Embassy in London on Friday 13th July between
12 Noon and 2PM. Embassy of Ireland, 17 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X
7HR

Darren Delahunty, one of the organizers of the London said:

“Irish people in the UK are outraged at the refusal or the Irish
authorities to try and proceed with the road, even when the public are
so against it, and the EU have stated it is illegal.

“Since Irish abroad could not vote in Irish elections, we are making
our views known to our Government in the only way we can.

Richard Wallace, one of the organizers of the US events said:

“Irish Americans and the public in general are horrified when they hear
of the M3 plans. We are determined to let our opinions be clearly known
to the Irish authorities abroad.

ENDS

Contact:

Dublin: Laura Grealish 087-972-8603 / Vincent Salafia 087-132-3365
London: Darren Delahunty – 00-791-766-2249
New York: Aoife Rivera Serrano 001.212.633.0431
Chicago, LA, Boston: Richard Wallace 001.312.855.1300

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