FF demands that Eirgrid talk to local residents over pylon fears

Fianna Fáil has demanded that Eirgrid engage with communities over concerns around overhead pylons and stop “dismissing people’s concerns out of hand”.

Eirgrid has been charged with rolling out Grid25, which will see €3.2bn of investment in electricity transmission projects by 2025.

Voltage lines, some as high as 135ft, are to be erected across Cork, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, and Kildare.