Challenge brought against new North-South interconnector

A judicial review challenge to An Bord Pleanála's approval of a North-South electricity interconnector has been brought before the High Court. The applicant, David Malone, seeks to have the board's December 2016 decision quashed. The proposed interconnector is to extend from Batterstown in Meath to Turleenan in County Tyrone, comprising almost 300 pylons across Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. Mr Malone contends the…