Both sides remain at odds over power line

The company proposing to put a high-voltage electricity line through a 40km stretch of West Cork, and objectors to the development, dug in their heels at a planning hearing, yesterday.

Final submissions were made by Eirgrid, which provides electricity transmission services, and the Community Before Pylons group, on day four of the Bord Pleanála hearing, in Macroom.

The controversial line is to run from Clashavoon, 10km north-east of Macroom, to Dunmanway and will back up two 100KV lines so as to provide a secure supply to the region, according to Eirgrid.