Government Chief Whip Regina Doherty backs ’civil disobedience’ plans on pylons

Government Chief Whip Regina Doherty has put her position in jeopardy by saying she will back anti-pylon protesters in any “civil disobedience” measures taken to prevent the new north-south electricity inter-connector.

Government Chief Whip Regina Doherty has put her position in jeopardy by saying she will back anti-pylon protesters in any “civil disobedience” measures taken to prevent the new north-south electricity inter-connector, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Irish Examiner Political Correspondent.

The Fine Gael TD made the claim yesterday after opposition party anger over An Bord Pleanála’s approval of EirGrid’s plans to build the pylons on the border and her own constituency.