A furious row has erupted following EirGrid's announcement that it intends to reapply for planning permission for the highly controversial 400kV electricity interconnector, which will run the length of county.
Opponents of the plan have accused the company of browbeating, bullying and arrogance, as it embarks on what is expected to be a long drawn-out planning process for the north-south interconnector, which will carry high voltage electricity between Meath and Tyrone.
Minister of State Shane McEntee has weighed into the controversy, telling EirGrid it is unacceptable for it to plough ahead with a renewed application for an interconnector before international consultants had even been appointed to look at the case for undergrounding the power lines.
He pointed out the programme for government stated clearly that such a report would be commissioned and he called on EirGrid to abide by the spirit of the programme.
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