Five key pylon questions that need to be asked

Michael Flynn (Letters, Nov. 12) promotes the idea of burying power cables “by the side of dual carriageways”.

He might do better to advise burying the current Eirgrid pylon-corridor travesty into oblivion altogether. But before any burying takes place, he might also like to openly seek clarification on five key questions:

1. What precise or urgent projection for foreseeable national grid (Irish) requirement prompts such a massive grid line construction?

2. What portion of the electricity transported via this new pylon line, will be destined for essential use in Ireland?

3. Is the electricity to be carried solely for export-profit to private windfarm companies?

4. What is the exact profile, past history and influence of the privately-owned windfarm entrepreneurs on this project?

5. Is Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Rabbitte fully aware of all the full and authentic answers to the above questions?

We need the truth, the full truth and nothing but the full truth. What we don’t need is a spurious and damaging infrastructure with little or no relevance to legitimate national electric power requirement, but very lucrative for a greedy few.

Where is egalitarian democracy in all of this?

Jim Cosgrove

Lismore

Co Waterford