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Aerial photo - illustration of
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Whoa! - that would destroy the place.
With the proliferation of wind turbines elsewhere and now this - there'll be no views left in the country ... yet another of my favourite photo locations
gone up the Swanee.
No other objectors that I've spoken to would deny the need for progress but it's the manner in which this is being undertaken and the lack of willingness by Eirgrid to engage and investigate more progressive alternatives to ensure a safer ( the jury's still out on EMF's but caution is advised ) and less intrusive impact - especially in a country that depends so heavily on it's visual amenity to attract more tourism.
Eirgrid claim that their's is a 'green' solution but as far as I can see it's just pure vandalism.
Visual pollution!
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Camera; Digital
Photo; July 3rd 2008
Illustration; November 2013
Stock library image file # dr_f3_2559 |
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more on this; what might have been
Sunday Business Post article ( clients )
Sunday Business Post article ( detail ) |
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Here's my own ' artist impression' showing how the view could be transformed.
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... and following are some campaign websites with more information;
copy / paste these to your browser
https://www.facebook.com/Brideandblackwateragainstpylons
https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Eirgrid-Pylons-Go-Underground/219856181511250
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Here's how the image appears on the banner at the
Bride and Blackwater Against Pylons information centre on Main Street, Lismore
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Information centre entrance - open door
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Above is a screenshot from the RTE Player showing the building wrap of my photo illustration at the Bride and Blackwater Against Pylons information Centre on
Main Street, Lismore.
The programme was aired on 19 November 2013 |
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