To be fair if IE didn't go to court someone else would and could shut the whole show. It is a UHF system on channel 61 I think. The technology has been in use in Ireland since 1983 and for example Dun Laoghaire station has a mast, Dun Laoghaire is a protected structure and there is a hospital up the road, the mast has been replaced twice over the last 22 years, no issues to my knowledge
It reminds me of the farce in Foynes where the local council tried to turn the line into protected structure thus making it impossible for IE to perform any maintenance
It sounds more like someone looking to create a profile for the upcoming election that someone who really cares, don't see them complaining about the crap trains they now are using on Dublin Sligo. The mast locations are not picked at random they are spaced to minimise the number needed and are generally located alongside other signalling equipment, indeed the Ballymote mast would also cover a section of the abandoned northern chunk of the WRC......
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