Actor Stephen Rea calls route through Lough Beg wetlands 'beyond stupid'

Lough Beg's internationally important wetlands are sparkling like jewels and this short film captures Lough Beg's wetland spirit. Actor Stephen Rea speaks of how Seamus Heaney cherished this landscape. See how it continues to inspire. The legal challenge to the damaging section of this scheme continues and the Supreme Court in London is now considering the case. Construction of the contested section has not started and no work is permitted until Spring 2018 at the earliest. Despite nine possible alternative routes a section of the A6 is being routed through a rare asset: wild and unspoilt wetlands supporting Ireland's most important population of Whooper Swans anchored on the wet grasslands of Lough Beg. A high percentage of Lough Beg's birds are migratory: Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit, Greylag Goose and the iconic Whooper Swan all come from Iceland. Migrating birds know no boundaries and have no voice. It is not a case of either the road or the wetlands. It's the route, not the road. Please sign and share this petition and give this wetland landscape and its wildlife your voice.