On the frontline in battle against EirGrid powerline network

Catherine Ketch talks to sheep farmer Sean Dennehy who already has 17 poles on his property.

A LEE Valley sheep farmer has found himself on the frontline of the power line controversy. Sean and Colette Dennehy farm mid-season lamb at Shandangan, Carrigadrohid, near Macroom, Co Cork.

With 17 poles on their land already, they now find themselves on the route for the Clashavoon-Dunmanway 110kv line, with construction planned to start this summer.