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# grid link

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# Pylon the pressure
Remember the controversial Cork-Kildare power line plan? It's being scrapped
The Grid Link project had been heavily criticised by anti-pylon protesters.
# grid link
Eirgrid says it will still accept pylon submissions, despite passing of deadline
If you missed the 7 January deadline but still have concerns, Eirgrid will add your submission to the pile of 35,000 already received.
Voices
Column: The people should have a say in planning Ireland's energy grid
Rebuilding the grid will take more than a decade and we are still at the start. Now is the time to change the process from an adversarial one to a truly participative project developed in the public interest, writes Ossian Smyth.
# Pylons
Tourism factors were not considered in grid route selection say Fáilte Ireland
A submission to Grid Link claims that these factors were “insufficiently developed in the analysis”.