Dedicated volunteers in Howth have resumed work on a historical World War II landmark after being suddenly issued with a 'stop and vacate' order last month.
The group have been working since February to make the 'Eire 6' sign on Howth Mountain look as good as new.
The sign has lain overgrown for years and is one of a number of signs built along the coast during the war to indicate to fighter planes that they were flying over Ireland, a neutral country.
After five months of hard work and completing 75% of their project, the Howth volunteers were stunned last month when they were suddenly ordered to stop.
The Howth Eire 6 Restoration Group spent a year and a half working on a submission to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, as the site is in a highly protected area.
Permission was initially granted for the project but the NPWS issued a "stop and vacate" order on June 30, with the body claiming the conditions of permission had been breached.
The group appealed the decision and were successful, announcing the resumption of restoration works on Sunday.
Taking to social media, the Howth Eire 6 Restoration Group said: "We are delighted to announce the resumption of restoration works on the Howth EIRE 6 sign on the East Mountain.
"This resumption of works could in no way have been possible without the support of the community of Howth and of neighbouring towns. We are overjoyed to have received this encouragement to continue our work."
The group thanked local politicians who supported their appeal.
"We are also very appreciative of those local political representatives who have excelled in their representation and support of our community based project.
"We acknowledge also the solution based approach in our collaboration with the NPWS in making the resumption of works possible."
"The new NPWS consent and agreement that is in place insures the Howth EIRE 6 restoration to show the fantastic stonework of the Coast Watchers who built it, preserve it as a tribute to them, and maintain it as their historical legacy - bedded in the beautiful purple heather and yellow gorse, 'The Quilt of Howth'."
They finished: "This is our heritage, this is our future."
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