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laurel hedging

  • 09-03-2015 12:41pm
    #1
    tattycat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hiya all. Have a neighbour who doesn't seem to like the fact we've moved in. 1 year ago he dug the pipes to the well up nd cleared hedge line nd put it all by the well. ...still waiting for him to sort it out..
    He had 19 beehives at corner of field nd OH, visitor's and donkey got stung...
    Now he's planted a laurel hedge on the fence line of the field that the show goats/pigs/horses/donkey/sheep share. All blowing over into the field..poisonous to all of them....
    So what rights do I have nd what do you all think I should do about this?
    All suggestions welcome.


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  • #2
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    It's not very easy to make out your circumstances from your post.

    There seems to be two separate issues, water and a hedge.

    Is there a fence between you and your neighbour? If so this is the boundary. If he has planted on his side of the fence then you can do little about this. It's his property. You can clip back any growth that grows in across the boundary line to you but that's about it.

    lf you fear for your animals health eating the hedge l would suggest you erect an electric fence or more permanent fence to keep your animals from getting at it. Even if it wasn't poisonous and you're animals were putting their head across eating the hedge on his side, the onus would be on you to ensure they weren't.

    The water thing sounds messy. Was he supplying you with water from a well on his land? If so were you paying him for this service? You may have to consult your solicitor to see where you stand on this matter.


  • #3
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    Technically laurel is poisonous but I think you're unlikely to ever be affected by it. I've seen animals eating it with no deleterious effects. They probably don't eat enough to be affected.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



  • #4
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    We have laurel "woodlands" all along, and overhanging, two fields. Cattle, sheep and various ponies in those fields for decades, and never saw any actually eating laurel.
    Unless (covering arse here!) new or fancy varieties are more palatable.


  • #5
    LostCovey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭LostCovey


    Laurel is poisonous alright, but won't normally be eaten, unless hunger or other circumstances disguise its taste. I have heard of stock poisoned by it during snowy weather.

    I also find it very hard to follow the txt spk.


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