An Irish Planning Students Blog

Looks like the archeology could strike again, thanks to the majority of it not being visible. However the falling world port traffic might provide a respite for some of the archaeology to be found and to decide what to do about it.

A CAMPAIGN to Save Bremore claims the coastal strip on the Meath/Dublin border may be one of the richest archaeological areas in Ireland, with aspects comparable to the Hill of Tara.

Among the heritage sites in locality is the Bremore passage tomb complex – a designated national monument – a series of several unclassified monuments in the Knocknagin townland and the mid-16th-century Newhaven Bay.

Drogheda Port and companies associated with Treasury Holdings have earmarked the area for the development of a deepwater port, industrial units, a motorway link to the M1 and a new rail link to the main Dublin-Belfast railway.

According to archaeologist Prof George Eogan: “Bremore may have been the first point of entry for the settlements of what is now known as Fingal/east Meath and the Boyne Valley area.”

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Trips abroad by Irish residents fell by 12 per cent between July and September compared to the same period last year. It is the first time in 18 years that overseas travel has dropped year-on-year in the third quarter.

Tourism and travel statistics published by the Central Statistics Office reveal that trips for holiday and leisure showed the greatest decline, at 279,000 or 17 per cent. Visits to friends and relatives increased by 3 per cent, however.

In total, there were 2,137,000 visits abroad by Irish residents in the quarter.

The CSO figures also show a 12 per cent decrease in the number of trips made to Ireland during the same three-month period.

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