Anti-pylon group welcomes study

ANTI-PYLON protesters have given a guarded welcome to government plans for an independent study on the health and other implications of high voltage power lines.

Energy Minister Eamon Ryan is to tender for experts to carry out the study in the next few weeks and he says he wants to see their findings by the end of April.

They will be asked to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of routing cables underground as opposed to stringing them along pylons, taking into consideration the relative costs, technical difficulties and environmental and health issues.