Donal Hickey: Remember the 'Big Freeze' of 1963? Jog your memory with these images
ESB Networks technicians Tom Kelleher, Anthony McHugh and Leo Walsh respond to a fault on a power line in early January. They were working on a single phase 20kV line to restore electricity power to homes at Araglin, near Kilworth, County Cork. The snow-covered Knockmealdown Mountains are in the backgound. The power line came down due to the weight of snow and ice on it. Picture: Larry Cummins
The need to plan for extreme weather conditions, in a climate change era, was again underlined during the recent snowy and icy spell.
And wasn’t it eye-opening to see how isolated some people can still be in what we regard as a modern country with good communications in the 21st century!
