[Article] Cross-border bridge study to cost €400,000

Victor · 08-02-2008 11:11pm #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0208/bridge.html

Cross-border bridge study to cost €400,000
Friday, 8 February 2008 16:06

€400,000 was committed at the north-south ministerial council for a feasibility study of a bridge linking Co Down and Co Louth.

The proposed cross-border bridge is at Narrow Water Castle in Co Down.

Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said the bridge was no longer just a concept but a live project which would boost tourism and the local economy.

The study was agreed by Ms Ritchie and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern at the north-south ministerial council in Dundalk yesterday.

Ms Ritchie said, 'The new bridge joining Narrow Water in the north with Cooley in the south will be an exciting gateway to Co Down.'

'The bridge will be a living symbol of our growing co-operation,' she said.

'At the very least a bridge would be a big time saver, with people able to make a journey in a few yards which at present took many miles and greatly help tourism in the area,' she said.

Mr Ritchie said the bridge would 'make it very convenient for thousands of overseas tourists to easily visit both parts of the island bringing a big economic boost to the area.'

Victor · 10-02-2008 5:12am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7236425.stm

Bridge over Narrow Water planned

Almost £300,000 is being spent to study the feasibility of a cross-border bridge linking Counties Down and Louth.

The bridge would span Carlingford Lough between Omeath and Narrow Water Castle, near Warrenpoint.

The money was confirmed after Margaret Ritchie and Dermot Ahern held talks at the North-South Ministerial Council.

The social development minister said it was "no longer just a concept". She said tourism in the Mournes and the Cooley peninsula would be boosted.

Ms Ritchie said the bridge would "be a living symbol of our growing co-operation".

"People will be able to make a journey in a few yards which at present is many miles," the SDLP assembly member said.

"It will make it very convenient for thousands of overseas tourists to easily visit both parts of our island at this splendid location, bringing a big economic boost to the area."

Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy of Sinn Fein said the Department of Transport in Dublin has granted 390,000 euros to Louth County Council for a technical study.

"It has already been agreed that officials from the north and south will share information from the study as well as from the Roads Service's study of the Newry Southern Relief road," he said.

Narrow Water Castle came to world prominence in 1979, when an IRA ambush killed 18 soldiers in two explosions.

D'Peoples Voice · 10-02-2008 4:50pm

Victor wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7236425.stm
Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy of Sinn Fein said the Department of Transport in Dublin has granted 390,000 euros to Louth County Council for a technical study.

When will these w*nkers from the UK realize the plural of euro is "euro" NOT "euros".
http://mfin.gov.mt/image.aspx?site=NECC&ref=euro%20cent%20spelling

10-02-2008 4:56pm

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Please, in english speaking countries use of the word euros is acceptable!
Despite what that article says.

had a wiki

http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A9:Euro

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[Article] Cross-border bridge study to cost €400,000

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