Woodpeckers to blame for Sixmilebridge power cuts
*Photograph: Mark Carmody ELEVEN power cuts over the past fourteen months in Sixmilebridge were not caused by faulty transformers or storm damage but rather woodpeckers attacking electricity poles.
*Photograph: Mark Carmody ELEVEN power cuts over the past fourteen months in Sixmilebridge were not caused by faulty transformers or storm damage but rather woodpeckers attacking electricity poles.
Open drains are present on over three quarters of a rural road in Sixmilebridge, a local representative has highlighted while another has stressed they increase the risks of flooding.