State buys land in Co Meath for new national park

A new national park has been announced for the Boyne Valley area of Co Meath.
The Boyne Valley Brú na Bóinne National Park will be Ireland's seventh national park, and only the second in the eastern part of the country.
It follows the purchase by the State of more than 500 acres of land at Dowth Hall and Demesne, which account for about one third of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Brú na Bóinne.
The property had been on the market for €10 million.
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