Now that ESB Networks crews are free from storm repairs, they can go back to the day-to-day, including cutting trees back from power lines on farms around the country. Any idea how much this costs?

“We spend €20m per annum cutting timber to make sure it doesn’t come too close to our network,” ESB Networks’ operations manager Derek Hynes said at this week’s Future Weather conference.

I have a chainsaw, if they’re looking to share that cake ...