INTERCONNECTOR PROCEEDING AS PLANNED
Monaghan Representatives Express Disappointment after Meeting Minister Naughten
Michael Fisher
Environment Minister Denis Naughten T.D. has confirmed he gave the go-ahead last September to put the 400 pylons for the North South interconnector out to public tender.
This was nearly five months before planning permission was granted for the scheme in Northern Ireland by a civil servant at the Department for Infrastructure. Minister Naughten told public representatives from Monaghan and Cavan, including a Monaghan County Council delegation, that he was awaiting two reports he had commissioned concerning the..