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As part of ESB’s island electrification programme, the subsea power cables serving Inishbofin and Clare Island were fully laid, completing the submarine cable installation between Clare Island harbour and Lugadamba near Louisburgh on the Mayo coast. The heavy‑duty, three‑core, EPR‑insulated, double wire‑armoured cable—picked up from the Pirelli plant, weighing about 600 tonnes for 20 km of length and rated at over 300 amps—was laid from a specialist vessel using satellite navigation, with shore pull‑ins, burial, concrete encasement, and additional near‑shore protection, and formed the core of the new grid link to replace local diesel generation on Clare Island, alongside extensive onshore network upgrades funded in part by the EU.