East Cork area could get third Eirgrid project

Residents of an East Cork community fear their locality may be chosen for a third Eirgrid development after the State-owned electricity operator indicated it would be carrying out tests in the area for a potential international connection with the continent.

Eirgrid has written to Knockraha Community Council to inform the group it has applied for a licence to carry out a marine survey on the East Cork coast as part of a feasibility study for the Celtic Interconnector — an electricity interconnector between Ireland and France.

However, Noelle Murphy, chairperson of the council’s environmental sub group, said that the proposal is the latest in a series of potential Eirgrid projects in the area.