Comments on: Stolen Scaffolding https://armaghproject2015.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/stolen-scaffolding/ Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:30:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nessa O'Mahony https://armaghproject2015.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/stolen-scaffolding/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 08:30:12 +0000 http://armaghproject2015.wordpress.com/?p=531#comment-40 Interesting question, Chris, but actually there’s been a huge black market for scrap metal over the past number of years – always a sign of recessionary times – and anything metal (iron, steel, bronze, copper) has been targeted by thieves. There have been high profile thefts of side of the road art installations, copper piping, lead roof tiles. Police have been trying to locate the dealers who buy this stuff, but it’s a secretive network by its very nature. Farm machinery has also been targeted in far greater numbers, by the way.

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