An oral hearing into the Irish Republic section of the proposed North-South 400kV interconnector project started in March and is expected to last 12 weeks.

An Bord Pleanála has convened the hearing into EirGrid’s proposals, which is being held at the Nuremore Hotel, Carrickmacross.

The interconnector proposal comprises a new 400kV overhead line, running from Meath, through the east of Cavan and up to the border at Lemgare, County Monaghan. It will link with a proposed interconnection development running through Armagh and Tyrone in Northern Ireland.