PETER HUGHES
The technical assessment of the EirGrid planning application for its controversial north/south interconnector project prepared by the planning section of Monaghan Co Council was accused of lacking force by the local authority’s elected members when it was presented to them at a special meeting yesterday morning.
The report, which was detailed to the meeting by Senior Executive Planner Toirleach Gourley, seemed to disappoint the councillors by not presenting any conclusive determination on the project, or reaching a view that reflected their own long-held opposition to the delivery of the interconnector …