Call for Cllr Reilly's resignation from Tara committee

Dear sir - During a recent meeting in the Interpretative Centre on the Hill of Tara regarding the proposed Tara Conservation Plan being put in place for the 100 acres of State owned lands on the Hill, it emerged that a representative for Meath Co Council Steering Committee overseeing the Conservation Plan, is none other than Tommy Reilly who famously said on RTE that discoveries at Tara amounted to nothing more than "pots and pans". The Tara Skryne Preservation Group (TSPG) stand utterly appalled that such a person who displays what could only be regarded as contempt for the archaeological discoveries, should be elected onto this committee. This follows the January Area Council meeting in Navan at which delegates from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht as well as the Heritage Council outlined the commissioning of the plan. This same Cllr Reilly was also involved with Frank Dunlop in the purchase of lands in the Tara area which created such a controversy that it lost him his chance to run in the 2005 by election. TSPG calls for the immediate resignation from his post within the Meath Co Council Steering Committee for the Tara Conservation Plan, thus avoiding any further public outrage and embarrassment to the archaeological community and to those who take the conservation of our historical monuments seriously. TSPG would also like to take this opportunity to remind Tara Skryne locals that this same councillor also publicly vowed to shoot down the Draft Tara Skryne Landscape Conservation Area Plan even before it got to submission stage. Yours, Carmel Diviney, Secretary, Tara Skryne Preservation Group.