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Damaged fences and a dangerous tree – my battles with ESB

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No longer stock-proof: John Heney's damaged fence

No longer stock-proof: John Heney's damaged fence

No longer stock-proof: John Heney's damaged fence

I have always enjoyed a good working relationship with ESB frontline staff. So when work began on the upgrading of a three-phase line running through my farm last June, I removed all my cattle from the fields involved, to make life easier for them.

But on returning to my farm two days later after a short break, I was shocked. I was greeted that Saturday evening by mayhem: straining posts broken, boundary fences damaged, electric fences broken and left lying on the ground — all resulting in my farm being no longer stock-proof.


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