ESB threaten court action against landowners resisting power line

ESB Networks is threatening to seek a High Court injunction against landowners in west Cork who are resisting the erection of a power line to a planned windfarm.

Twelve members of Bantry Concerned Residents’ Action Group were each served with a plenary summons directing them to enter an appearance this week before the central office of the Four Courts.

The legal move by the ESB followed a decision by Ballybane Windfarms Ltd to withdraw an improved offer of compensation to upwards of 40 landowners in a continuing dispute that locals insist is based solely on health concerns about the proposed 38Kv overhead line.