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Sat 06 Jun 2007Gormley will not overturn Roche order to build M3 Newly-appointed Minister for the Environment John Gormley said last night he would not be overturning an order signed by his predecessor, Dick Roche, to allow the M3 motorway to be built over an historic monument in Co Meath.Mr Gormley rejected Opposition claims that he had the power to repeal the order, saying Mr Roche had made a "quasi-judicial" determination which could not be set aside. "I have consulted with the office of the Attorney General who confirm this position," he said.