Should the Irish PM have the right to destroy historical mounds and Henges to build a freeway?

Question

Our past is important to me; it proves who we are as a people and how far we've come, for good or ill. To intentionally destroy sites instead of building a freeway around them makes little sense to me. I copied the following from the letter of petition to stop this from www.tarawatch.org. It explains better than I can, but I urge everyone to sign the petition; it takes less than a minute and the e-mail addresses are blocked to protect those who sign.

Quote and unquote:

Can anyone doubt the profound cultural importance of Tara and its unique landscape? A landscape honoured and revered by millions throughout the world today and countless generations of Irish people gone before us.

Nowhere else in Ireland is there a landscape that can claim the Tuatha de Danann, Celtic Gods and Goddesses, St. Patrick, Daniel O’Connell, Thomas Moore, heroes and High Kings from Fionn MacCumhail to Brian Boru, an archaeological complex of temples, tombs, enclosures and henges spanning five millennia, and a continuous place at the centre of Irish spiritual, cultural, political and literary history, as part of it’s fabric.

Yet it is through the very heart of this landscape, that Meath County Council, the NRA and the Irish Government wish to build a motorway, which will impact at least 141 known sites. According to Dr Conor Newman, this is just ‘the tip of the iceberg’.

Answer 1

There's no way!  If they can't build around some of the most historical and sacred sites on earth, let  'em walk!

Answer 2

Its called modernizing.Any country that doen;t will be left behind.

Answer 3

Hmmm, destroy thousands of years old structures for a highway that will be empty and desolate by the end of this century. Brilliant! :Swigs flask:

Answer 4

They ought to have the right to orbit Saturn.