Inquiry to be held into cross-border electricity interconnector
A public inquiry is to be held into controversial plans for an overhead electricity interconnector across the border, it was announced today.
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has asked the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) to investigate the northern section of the proposed 100-mile stretch of pylons carrying the line through border counties Tyrone, Armagh, Monaghan, Meath and Cavan.
