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Please watch our Short Videos on Tara, Rossport and Sceilg Mhichíl to see what we are about.
Follow our updates at http://twitter.com/forasteamhrach
Find us at http://www.tara-foundation.org and http://www.tara-foundation.org/blog .
See also Save Tara and Tara Watch for regular updates on Tara.
Our History
The Tara Foundation - a small, family-based campaign group - began in 2004, with the perception that the Irish Government's scrapping of heritage protection and their plan to build a motorway through one of the most important archaeological regions on earth were not isolated events, but manifestations of an ideology to which all people who favour representative democracy owe their opposition.
Our Mission
The Tara Foundation is dedicated to campaigning to preserve Ireland's natural and cultural heritage. We are not connected with any political party or interest group. If we promote a campaign, it is to serve the interest of the issue in question, not to promote our own. The issues we address in these pages, though specific to Ireland, have their roots in forces that threaten ordinary people everywhere. Hitherto, we have funded our efforts from our own resources.

My Blog

Want information on Lisbon?

We have made a slideshow-type video dealing with the major points in the Lisbon treaty. There is also some of last week's Lisbon debate in Dublin in other videos. Check out our Youtube profile: http:/...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:36:00 GMT

Latest updates on Lisbon

Lisbon Treaty will incorporate EU Atomic Energy Community into Irish Constitution Lisbon: the Charter of Fundamental RightsMr. Michael O Leary and the Lisbon Treaty: Vote No.ieIts Official: Spen...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:59:00 GMT

New Video: A Toll Tale: The Tara Contractors

The M3 Motorway is being driven through the Tara Skrene Valley to facilitate property interests, but even this is not the real scandal. Irish taxpayers will have to pay the toll contractor Eurolink ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Name change, and new Twitter account

The Tara Foundation is now called Foras Teamhrach. We are an incorporated association under Irish law.If you are on Twitter, please sign up to our account, http://twitter.com/forasteamhrach, for frequ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:02:00 GMT

The Irish Media and the Corrib Gas Project

The Irish media has displayed a marked bias in their reporting of the controversy surrounding the Corrib Gas Pipeline and the onshore gas terminal in Bellinaboy. The protesters have long been portraye...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:26:00 GMT

Skellig Michael Update: significant new UNESCO report

A UNESCO report on State management of the world heritage site at Skellig Michael off the Kerry coast has found that conservation works have "dramatically altered" the appearance of surviving remains ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:39:00 GMT

*Newsflash* Protestors tunnel beneath Rath Lugh

Protesters at Rath Lugh have announced that they have dug a tunnel underneath the ancient monument which is currently in danger of demolition during the construction of the M3 motorway.The Rath Lugh D...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:33:00 GMT

New films by the Tara Foundation

The Tara Foundation presents some brand new short films on Youtube. Please feel free to watch, embed, or link to (with credit):The Importance of Bremore Phoenix Park: Dublin's Next Building S...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:45:00 GMT

Nollaig Shona

All the members of the Tara Foundation would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and new year.Beannachtaí óClaire
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:14:00 GMT

Newsflash/M3 Update: December 2007

* Megalithic Stone discovered at Tara: A megalithic stone bearing artwork similar in design to that More Historic Finds Discovered In Path of M3of Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange in the Boyne Valley has b...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:48:00 GMT