Signs protesting the planned 18-metre telecom mast in Glasson, pictured earlier this year. Towercom says controversial Glasson mast will go aheadThe company planning to operate a controversial 18-metre telecommunications mast next to a house on the outskirts of Glasson said this week that it will go ahead, despite local residents proposing an alternative site for the development. "There is a proposal for an alternative site, and I think Towercom should give it due consideration and look to go down that road." The Westmeath Independent asked Towercom if the company was open to considering an alternative location for the mast. It read: "Towercom has been granted full planning permission to provide improved mobile broadband facilities at Glasson, Co. Westmeath.

Source: Irish Independent October 13, 2023 17:00 UTC