Eirgrid likely to face opposition as it announces preferred Cork site for €1bn electrical converter station

Eirgrid could face stiff opposition to aspects of its €1bn project to import electricity from France, after announcing its preferred site in Co Cork for a major electrical converter station.

The company has also finally identified its preferred sites for landfall of a submarine cable from France and the converter station, both of which will form part of a project to secure Ireland's energy needs into the future.