Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and is defending the transfer of land in Connemara National Park for road safety measures.
The Irish Wildlife Trust made a complaint to Minister Josepha Madigan claiming that a section of broad-leaved woodland in the park had been destroyed.
The department says it involved less than a hectare of land - which had no ecological impact - being transferred to ensure road safety at a treacherous point of the N59.
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