Farmers protest against ESB overhead line

HUNDREDS of farmers protested yesterday against plans by the ESB to erect an overhead power line on the lands of some of their colleagues.

Farmers protest against ESB overhead line
Sat, 22 Jul, 2006 - 01:00
Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

An estimated 300 people, some of them from as far away as Donegal and Wexford, attended the rally at Droumaduneen, near Bantry in Co Cork.

It was organised by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association (ICSA) and Bantry Concerned Action Group (BCAG).

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