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Mon 05 May 2010Dalkey Quarry action criticised
SOME OF the country’s best-known climbing routes at Dalkey Quarry in south Dublin have been damaged after local authority workers decided they were unsafe and removed rock with a bulldozer.
Their action on Friday has caused anger among rockclimbers, who have used the routes regularly for more than 50 years. The climbs are of historical importance as they represent different phases in the growth of the sport in Ireland, according to John Duignan of the Irish Mountaineering Club.
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