EirGrid urged to rethink Celtic Interconnector route in East Cork

Councillors want power operator to revert to original plan and duct cables along main road from Youghal rather than through populated areas

EirGrid changed original route for interconnector because of plans for a major upgrade of the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, which has now been scrapped.

EirGrid officials are being urged by councillors in East Cork to revert to their original plan and route for their Celtic Interconnector cable along the entire length of the N25, instead of proceeding to duct it through populated areas.

The company had originally planned to duct cables along the side of the main road from Youghal, where the cable will make landfall, all the way to the former site earmarked for Amgen at Ballyadam, east of Carrigtwohill.