Room with a view... soon with pylon 30m from kitchen

The first John McHale knew about EirGrid’s plan to put a pylon “30m from the kitchen window” was when he opened a copy of the Western People newspaper last October.

John lives with his wife Rita and their two daughters on the 15 acres of land the family owns in Currabaggan near Ballina in Mayo.

However, on Oct 7, he opened the Western People to see that EirGrid’s preferred route would see a pylon erected on his land, just metres from his home as part of the Grid West section of the €3.2bn Grid25 project.