Northern Ireland faces court case over £300m north-south power pylon plan

Campaigners claim NI is being used as a ‘whipping boy’ to feed Irish republic’s energy-hungry datacentresAn ambitious €350m (£300m) plan to connect electricity grids across the island of Ireland is heading for the high court after a challenge brought by campaigners claiming Northern Ireland was being used as a “whipping boy” to feed the republic’s energy-hungry datacentres.An estimated 150 landowners representing 6,500 residents have called on the N