‘Burying cables costs €4 a person per year’

Burying Eirgrid’s controversial high-voltage powerlines would cost around €4 a year per person, according to an expert who insists this would be the best course of action.

The advice from Denis Henshaw of the University of Bristol is supported by a report from the European Commission that recommended putting cables underground where possible.

A number of countries have most of their low-voltage lines underground and are burying an increasing percentage of high-voltage cables — similar to those in Eirgrid’s new transmission system.