A Leitrim Councillor has called for the army to be deployed to the region to help the ESB access faults blocked by fallen forestry.
Maeve Reynolds says Leitrim is a special case as it's the most afforested county nationwide.
She says ESB crews are having their time wasted removing trees in order to access sites.
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She's called on the new Tanáiste and Minister of Defence, Simon Harris to deploy troops to the North West.
