0:01:17 > 0:01:19BIRDSONG
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- What are you up to? - Well, we're just...
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Here they are, the live eels.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14- They are indeed and the tools of the trade.- I'm getting a job as well!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- You can have a job here. - What am I doing now?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19We're looking for the undersize ones, the very small ones,
0:02:19 > 0:02:23as part of our conservation measures to return the small ones
0:02:23 > 0:02:26back to the lough, give them an opportunity to grow a bit bigger.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28I don't know how good I am at this job.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Well, if you can push them forward to me, I'll try and do the rest.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'll leave the big job to you.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39- So, er, Pat, you just got awarded PGI status recently.- Yes.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42What exactly does that mean for you?
0:02:42 > 0:02:46The PGI status, as you'll understand, is related,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50not only to the product that we are producing,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52it recognises the quality of that product.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It also recognises the geographical origin of it
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and equally the traditions involved.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00A year now you've got the PGI status,
0:03:00 > 0:03:03has it made much of a difference?
0:03:03 > 0:03:08To be perfectly honest, there's no discernible advantage to us, however,
0:03:08 > 0:03:13going forward, we can see there are certain advantages to be had from it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Nowadays, with consumers being more discerning about the foodstuffs,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22they're very much interested in the origin of the foodstuffs,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24in this case the eels,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26and we can see that the PGI status
0:03:26 > 0:03:29would be a very useful tool in marketing.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- They're not very attractive, though. - They're not particularly attractive,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36but I'm very impressed to see you getting involved the way you are.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Do you think, will I get a job here? - It's possible.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10So, Aquinas, we're in the actual shed where you
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- had your accident, tell me exactly what happened here.- Well, we were...
0:08:14 > 0:08:17It was about three o'clock in the evening, half two,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21three o'clock and we decided to pump this tank of slurry...
0:08:21 > 0:08:24It was overflowing and me and the neighbour
0:08:24 > 0:08:27put the tractor in here to the hole...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30and this house used to be divided in two, so it did,
0:08:30 > 0:08:33and there was a gate across there so I stood there
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and we started pumping the slurry
0:08:36 > 0:08:39and the neighbour was pumping and after about five or ten minutes
0:08:39 > 0:08:41and the next thing I turned round
0:08:41 > 0:08:47and I've seen that cattle starting to fall on the other side of the shed,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49so naturally I shouted at him,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52"Jonathan, will you stop? Turn the tractor off quick!"
0:08:52 > 0:08:57I opened up the gate down here... I seen the cattle all falling,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01so naturally I ran down over the top of the cattle and opened the gate
0:09:01 > 0:09:05to get them out but there was an awful smell of gas,
0:09:05 > 0:09:10so I couldn't breathe, so I ran outside and I was maybe outside for
0:09:10 > 0:09:16a minute, I got my breath back and ran back in again in a whole panic.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Not a good idea.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Not a good idea, but when you feed these cattle so long,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25I think as much of my cattle as I do
0:09:25 > 0:09:28of anybody else, you know I mean? I like my cattle, you know.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40So, the next thing I remember, well, I don't remember,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42but Jonathan, he pulled me out of the house there
0:09:42 > 0:09:44and then my son came running round the yard
0:09:44 > 0:09:46cos John was shouting and roaring
0:09:46 > 0:09:49and the two of them pulled me up and pulled me outside there.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39I have to be very, very lucky
0:14:39 > 0:14:42for what happened to so many people since that,
0:14:42 > 0:14:46there's so many people have died in slurry since that
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and I was one of the lucky ones.
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