A dozen clubs and committees in Laois and Kilkenny have been granted a total of €204,600 from the Laois-Kilkenny Community Benefit Fund. Ballinakill, Spink.
The Laois County Council CEO has assured councillors and a rural community battling against the construction of a major electricity sub station, that all planni.
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ESB responds to new blockade of Laois electricity substation site that s part of a €110 million project
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Ireland s State-owned electricity provider has confirmed that a protest prevented work on a power substation in Laois and the company has advised that legal action could be pursued to allow work to recommence.
Residents who are part of the Ratheniska Timahoe Spink (RTS) Action Group mounted a protest at the site in Coolnabacca on Wednesday morning which prevented the entry of ESB Networks from accessing the site which is to be a hub in the €110 million Laois Kilkenny Reinforcement Project.
The firm confirmed this in a statement to the
‘Shocked’ Laois residents insist they won t ‘be walked over’ in battle against ESB s electricty plant
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Residents opposed to the big electricity substation planned by ESB have expressed their dismay at the advancement of a study into the risk to the water supply for some 10,000 people in Laois.
The Ratheniska Timahoe Spink Action (RTS) Group has insisted that the project poses a big risk to the underground water supply upon which many Laois people depend. They also contend that they were promised that they would be consulted if a safety study was commissioned.