Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Grid Link Project: EirGrid

9:30 am

Mr. Fintan Slye:

Correct. It would not, because the network on the Republic of Ireland side is not strong enough at that point to support the interconnection. That is why the North-South interconnector runs from Meath through Monaghan and Cavan and across the Border into Tyrone.