A community group in north Cork has criticised Eirgrid’s public consultation process around the €500m pylon project from Cork to Wexford to Kildare as “just being about ticking boxes for the planning process”.

Residents in a north-east Cork village have expressed concern that the proposed €500m overhead powerline from Cork to Wexford will damage their community.

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Residents in an East Cork village have expressed concerns that plans by a farmer to build a 10,000-tonne organic composting facility on his land could pose a health risk and pollute water in the wider Glanmire area.