Plans approved for €1bn electricity cable between Ireland and France

The power cable will run undersea for 575km between the Brittany coast, in northern France, and the Cork coast

National grid operator EirGrid and its French counterpart, Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTÉ), had been working to move forward plans for the project.

Planning permission has been granted for the Celtic Interconnector, a joint project between Ireland and France to exchange electricity by using a subsea link.

An Bord Pleanála approved plans today for the Celtic Interconnector Project, subject to a number of conditions.