Given that Ireland's so rich in prehistoric remains, I hope to the gods that this will be a case to highlight the fact that a lot of people do actually give a shit about these sites, and that this will influence this new legislation mentioned in the news article:
"Under the new National Monuments Bill being prepared by Environment Minister Martin Cullen, the fines for destruction of a national monuments will increase from a maximum of 62,000 euro (£41,000) to 10 million euro (£6.6 million)."

Someone should be in for a whopping big financial wrist-slap, as an example to other wouldbe site trashers.