Rural achiever has to depend on the post rather than internet

One minute, Sean Butler is managing his suckler herd on his north Tipperary farm.
Rural achiever has to depend on the post rather than internet

The next he’s getting a phone call asking if he can solve a problem with an irrigation system on a golf course in Africa (the Achimota Golf Course in Accra, capital of Ghana, which has been re-designed by Ryder Cup star Paul McGinley).

Sean, who has 26 suckler cows on a 70-acre hill farm at Silvermines, admits a phone call like this wasn’t in his wildest dreams once. But the 46-year-old has been running a one-man company, Sean Butler Irrigation Ltd, for the past 12 months.

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