Eirgrid announces plans for second link-up to UK grid

Electricity transmission company Eirgrid has announced plans for a second connection to the UK grid, as a €600m connection remains mired in technical difficulties.

Eirgrid are holding a consultation on the construction of a second interconnector as they struggle to fix technical issues dogging the East-West Interconnector six months after it was officially opened.

The €600m East West Interconnector had been unexpectedly interfering with the phone line of residents along the powerline which ran from Meath, through Dublin and across the Irish Sea to Wales.