I believe that the public should have access to historic monuments of the calibre and importance of Aideen's Grave and, indeed, megalithic tombs. Obviously, there have to be safeguards and there has to be proper organisation of that. In short, I believe that people should have access these very significant monuments.

I did first year archaeology and had a very good trip to Lough Gur one time, which taught me the importance of such access and how we can learn from our past.

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