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Carrickminders win Supreme Court appeal

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday February 24, 2003 13:53author by MG

Campaigners trying to save the ruins of Carrickmines Castle from destruction by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have won their legal challenge at the Supreme Court.


The court granted an interlocutory injunction this morning preventing the council from removing a section of the castle to make way for construction of the M50 motorway.

The court ruled that the council must prove that the castle is not a national monument before work on the site in south Co Dublin can continue.

Special consent from the National Museum and the Department of the Environment would be needed before the council could dismantle any national monument.

Speaking after this morning's ruling, campaigner Ruane McEoin said: "This is a terrific judgement, both for the people and the heritage of this country. We knew right from day one that due procedure had not been followed."

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