Laois campaigners dismiss EirGrid and ESB community fund for substation project Reporter: '); '); The Ratheniska-Timahoe-Spink (RTS) Substation Action Group has dismissed a community fund of €500,000 announced by EirGrid and ESB Networks for its €110 million regional network project that will run through Laois and see a big substation built in the county. EirGrid and ESB Networks stated that the setting up of a community forum and fund, early in 2021, was recommended by Irish Rural Link in its independent evaluation of the Laois Kilkenny Reinforcement Project in October 2019. However, the RTS Group, which has steadfastly opposed the project, has criticised this and questioned the independence of Irish Rural Link.