65-year-old sent to jail over refusal to let ESB work on her property

A 65-YEAR-OLD woman is to be sent to prison for her refusal to comply with High Court orders allowing ESB and Eirgrid access to her land to complete the construction of a power line.

Yesterday at the High Court, Mr Justice Daniel Herbert ordered that Teresa Treacy of Woodfield House, Clonmore, Tullamore, Co Offaly, be jailed for contempt of court after saying she “would not obey” orders giving ESB/Eirgrid workers access to her land.

She said she would not let workers on the land for health and safety reasons and because she feared her property, which has many trees, would be destroyed. She wants the powerline put underground.