Ms Carolan Lennon:

Absolutely. For Ireland that would be much better. Copper is terrible in that lightning loves it and is attracted to it, so we get awful trouble with lightning storms. It is terrible with water, and we get a lot of water in Ireland. From a repair point of view, it would be much better in the long term to have a lightweight fibre network on the poles which does not attract lightning and is better with water. We need to get there but it will take a bit of planning.