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<< News >> UNESCO to probe incinerator near Brú na Bóinne

Submitted by Mythical_Ireland on Friday, 13 February 2004  Page Views: 2491

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A UNESCO fact-finding mission will arrive in Ireland next week to examine the impact of a planned municipal waste incinerator near Drogheda on the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site. The investigation team, which will include representatives of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), was requested by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee at its 27th session in December.

A spokeswoman for Paris-based UNESCO said the main purpose of the mission was to review the planned waste incinerator and particularly its impact on "the value and the integrity of the World Heritage property".

She said members of the mission wanted to meet non-governmental organisations concerned with the state of conservation of Brú na Bóinne, "in order to understand the situation from different points of view".

Local campaigners and the cross-border Battle for the Boyne group have made representations to UNESCO that the incinerator planned by Indaver Ireland at Carranstown would have a detrimental impact on the Boyne Valley. An attempt is now being made by the Save Tara/Skryne Valley group - which is campaigning against the M3 motorway - to extend the scope of the UNESCO investigation to include the Hill of Tara, although it lies outside the World Heritage Site.

Link to Irish Times article

Link to Battle for the Boyne site

More about Brú na Bóinne here


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Re: UNESCO and the incinerator by Mythical_Ireland on Saturday, 14 February 2004
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By the way, the Battle for the Boyne group are looking for interested parties, groups or individuals to attend Brú na Bóinne during the UNESCO visit if possible.
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