Consultation on €500m pylon plan is a joke, says community group

A community group in north Cork has criticised Eirgrid’s public consultation process around the €500m pylon project from Cork to Wexford to Kildare as “just being about ticking boxes for the planning process”.

Eirgrid say the powerline must be upgraded to 400KV “to ensure a reliable and high-quality electricity supply for homes, farms and businesses into the future”.

But Knockraha Community Association argued “the main driving force behind the proposed projects is the sale of power generated in Ireland to the UK and Europe” and not security of supply to local homes and farms.