Athlete to battle ESB cables

A DISPUTE about overhead ESB cables forced an athlete to withdraw from the Irish squad in the current World Transplant Games in Canada.

Athlete to battle ESB cables
Mon, 18 Jul, 2005 - 01:00
Eddie Cassidy

Bantry man Joe Burke battled for survival when he suffered double kidney failure 15 years ago.

He now faces a new battle keeping the ESB from erecting 38Kv cables over his land to a planned privately-owned windfarm.

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