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Farmer writes: let there be light in Leitrim
Karen McCabe
After 15 days without, power has return to Karen McKabe’s home and farm.
7 February 2025 News
People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA
"There isn’t enough being done – regardless of whether you’re an islander or mainlander. People feel left behind," the IFA's Teresa Roche has said.
6 February 2025 Forestry
High voltage lines within 5m of forestry in ‘many cases’, Dáil hears
A Sligo-Leitrim TD has raised the issue of forestry plantations being close to power lines during a Dáil debate.
ICMSA makes case for including diesel generators in TAMS
The ICMSA's farm business chair Pat O’Brien has also called on Revenue to allow farmers to claim VAT back on generators.
6 February 2025 News
‘The sight of those bright yellow ESB vans pulling into the drive was wonderful'
After storm Éowyn, communities came together, neighbours helped neighbours and the ESB came to our rescue.
5 February 2025 Katherine O'Leary
Editorial: still no power in the aftermath of storm Éowyn
When all is said and done, we need somebody to own and report a review on this debacle.
5 February 2025 Viewpoints
Silly stone wall prices
The Dealer wonders if the Government is braced to pay out for the future-proofing of the country’s telecommunications network and water infrastructure that was damaged during storm Éowyn.
5 February 2025 Dealer
Éowyn fallout leaves the west feeling unseen
Two weeks after Storm Éowyn made landfall, people are still without electricity, but across the west and north, they have felt without power since the cabinet was announced.
5 February 2025 Dealer
Lessons have to be learned from storm damage – IFA
The INHFA is also warning farmers and contractors that many sheds and other buildings might be damaged from the storm, which could have weakened them.
31 January 2025 News
Farmers count the cost of storm damage
As thousands of farmers and homeowners enter a seventh day without power or water, the Government, ESB and Uisce Éireann have been accused of "snoring at the wheel".
29 January 2025 News
Storm damage kills Clare stock bull
The roller doors of the shed buckled and the roof was gone off another shed on Roger Fahy's farm in Clare.
29 January 2025 News
Shed roof blown away and no power as calving kicks off on Clare dairy farm
West Clare dairy farmer Niall Reidy speaks to Anne O’Donoghue about damage to his farm from storm Éowyn and how he is coping coming into the busiest time of the year with no power.
28 January 2025 Feature