John’s true grit keeps his business on the road

MEET the man who’s showing true grit to break the grip of the big freeze.

John’s true grit keeps his business on the road

John O’Donovan, who owns John O’Donovan Haulage, based in Blarney, Co Cork, has bought his own gritter to literally keep his business on the road.

As temperatures plunged over the Christmas period, the village was effectively cut off for several days by treacherous road conditions.

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