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Sat 04 Apr 2007Who's right about the rock?An archaeologist believes the OPW's restoration works on Skellig Michael have rendered parts of the protected site 'inauthentic' and have compromised its heritage value, writes Lorna SigginsTaoiseach Bertie Ahern hit on a highly sensitive issue when he visited Co Clare several months ago. If the Giant's Causeway and Brú na Boinne could hold Unesco world heritage status, why not the mighty Cliffs of Moher, which he compared to a "giant cathedral on our western shore".