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Listen Back: 'Bury the cables and not us' Castleblayney protest hears

Nov 16, 2023 16:39 By News Northern Sound
Listen Back: 'Bury the cables and not us' Castleblayney protest hears
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A peaceful protest took place yesterday evening at the Glencarn hotel in Castleblayney in relation to the North-South Interconnector project.

Up to 100 gathereted at the hotel where Eirgrid were hosting a roadshow event at the local hotel.

It follows EirGrid writing to almost 400 landowners detailing proposed compensation offers for hosting infrastructure, including pylons, on their lands for the North-South Interconnector project.

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The proposed line would run through counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath in Ireland, and Armagh and Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

103km of electricity line are proposed to traverse lands in Meath, Cavan and Monaghan supported by pylons. Ronan Gargan was at the protest yesterday evening and i have been speaking to some landowners that were gathered.

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