Pylon project ‘really an attempt to make us windmill of Europe’

Eirgrid’s plans to carry out an 18-month survey of the ocean floor between Ireland and France with a view to having a €1bn powerline between both countries is being described as further evidence that the controversial pylon project is really about exporting energy.

Two possible routes have been identified for the interconnector and both start at sites which form part of the €500m Gridlink pylon corridor. The two possible routes identified are from Knochraha, near Roche’s Point in Cork, and from Great Island in Wexford. The interconnector would end at La Martyre on the west coast of Brittany.

Noelle Murphy of Knockraha Area Comm-unity Association said this project underscored the group’s belief that the pylon project is all about “making Ireland the windmill of Europe”.