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An information board blasted with a shotgun, an old well severely damaged with stones left strewn around, and land cut up by scrambler bikes were some of the incidents of vandalism in Irish national parks and conservation areas over the past two years.
An information board blasted with a shotgun, an old well severely damaged with stones left strewn around, and land cut up by scrambler bikes were some of the incidents of vandalism in Irish national parks and conservation areas over the past two years.
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Initials, messages and drawings etched on the walls of the Octagon while plaster was still wet
Details of new road tunnel at Glen of the Downs released Consultants looking at ‘complex solutions’ due to environmental sensitivity about 3 hours ago Details of a new tunnel bypassing the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow have been released showing a 2km route under the western side of the Glen. The new Purple Route would see traffic between Dublin and Wexford divert into the tunnel under some 20 local houses. The route corridor also passes below the Norman Downs village and fair green, the 15th-century St Mary’s Church, and a ninth-century ring fort overlooking the Glen itself. At t...