HAPPINESS: URGENT- STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF PYLONS CARRYING OVERHEAD CABLES OVER BALTINGLASS! Campaign against dangerous transmission towers/electricity pylons which emit electromagnetic fields responsible for cancer, miscarriages, brain cancer, childhood leukaemia, dementia & other illnesses

Sunday, November 17, 2013

URGENT- STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF PYLONS CARRYING OVERHEAD CABLES OVER BALTINGLASS! Campaign against dangerous transmission towers/electricity pylons which emit electromagnetic fields responsible for cancer, miscarriages, brain cancer, childhood leukaemia, dementia & other illnesses

URGENT- STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF PYLONS CARRYING OVERHEAD CABLES OVER BALTINGLASS!

Campaign against dangerous transmission towers/electricity pylons which emit electromagnetic fields responsible for cancer, miscarriages, brain cancer, childhood leukaemia, dementia & other illnesses

BALTINGLASS D1 PYLON ACTION GROUP

BALTINGLASS NO PYLONS HERE PROTEST

There are meetings being held in Baltinglass, Carlow and other areas in order to create awareness about the dangers of this project. Meetings and workshops have already been held by ‘BALTINGLASS D1 PYLON ACTION GROUP’ in Fatima Hall and Horan’s Bar in Baltinglass. Notices and leaflets are being distributed in shops, churches, schools, sports clubs and every other possible outlets. Funds are also being collected by the campaign representatives for spreading awareness to every resident in the proposed corridor route. Websites like http://www.baltinglass.ie and http://www.baltinglassparish.ie/ also mention when these meetings take place. All public representatives, members of various groups and associations and locals are actively participating for this cause. Placards depicting a transmission tower with the slogan ‘NO PYLONS HERE’ are already being circulated.

The local campaign has this message for everyone in Baltinglass, Ireland:

“REMEMBER: THE DEADLINE IS 26^TH NOVEMBER, IF, AFTER WHICH OUR ROUTE IS CHOSEN FOR THE PROJECT, PREPARE TO STAND AGAINST IT!”

About the Project

Baltinglass Pylons Map- EirGrid Brochure

As part of the Gridlink Project, EirGrid has Proposed Grid Link Pylon and Power Line Corridor Option D1 Route from Great Island to Dunstown in Kildare, covering Baltinglass, Hackettstown, Wicklow, East Carlow, Carnew and Tinahely. These overhead pylons and cables pose serious dangers in many ways to the residents of Baltinglass. An alternative to the overground transmission towers is undergrounding the cables. Though its cost is slightly higher and exceeds the budget of the overhead Grid link project, the important factor, which are human beings, remain safe and secure. So what are the dangers linked to the pylons?

Health

Daniel holding Baltinglass No Pylons Here Placard

The pylons give out electromagnetic currents which is harmful for any normal human being who comes into close proximity with it. This negligent construction, though good for the future of communications, will result in the mass outbreak of cancer, leukaemia, miscarriages, brain cancers, dementia and other related illnesses. It is a known fact that children are more prone to deaths due to major illnesses and if this is the case, then the future of Baltinglass will be in trouble!

Land Invasion

The project is launched with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. This means that when EirGrid comes to your land and begin to set up these towers, you cannot say ‘No’ to them even though you own the land. It is a national project and “Under European policy, Ireland’s national goal is to meet 40% of electricity demand from renewable sources by 2020 – these include

wind, wave, tidal and biomass energy. The Grid Link Project will enable this to happen. They will have right over your land which will also be a block to any plan you may have made like building a second house in your land or modifying your land to make it a beautiful garden.

Tourism

County Wicklow, the Garden of Ireland, has the unique distinction of generating huge revenue all the year throughout through tourism. This revenue will be affected because the pylons will damage the entire beauty and well maintained landscapes of this wonderful county as there will be two or more towers being built every kilometre. This is a sight for sore eyes in what was once a natural green heritage for Ireland.

Baltinglass Resident No Pylons Here Placard Protest

Archaeological Heritage

Baltinglass, a historical town, has many archaeological areas, monuments and heritage homes. The proposed construction will break this cultural map into a totally undesired modern cracked town changing the entire heritage look of the town.

Economy

The pylons will cause deaths and illnesses to the people. The remaining people will be forced to leave Baltinglass for the sole purpose of survival. If people desert Baltinglass, every business will be shut down. This inturn affects the contribution to the national economy and because of the overheading project, Ireland the great nation will be down on its knees again. Will EirGrid take up responsibility to save this Island in that case?

Other Factors

Baltinglass Residents

Other factors like dangers to animals, birds and their habitats, the disturbance to the sterile ground, disruptions of electrical goods in homes and so on are also reasons why the residents have raised their concerns about this project and are now protesting against the construction of the pylons in Baltinglass.