Michael Fisher
Oral Hearing to Start in Carrickmacross on March 7tH
The long-awaited decision by An Bord Pleanála to hold an oral hearing into EirGrid’s plans for a second North/South electricity interconnector means the stage is now being set for the second such inquiry in over five years. A previous hearing in 2010 ended abruptly when a discrepancy was exposed in the planning documentation regarding the height of pylons and EirGrid withdrew the application. The Planning Board has informed interested parties that an inspector will begin to hear submissions at the Nuremore …