Ibhizinisi lisuka kude selokhu u-Eddie Finnegan walisungula ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970. Ngaleso sikhathi njengosonkontileka wezolimo, u-Eddie wayegxile kakhulu kusilage, ukulima nokusika uthango. Ekanye nonkosikazi wakhe uMarie, u-Eddie wasebenza ubusuku nemini enwebisa ibhizinisi kusuka ekuqaleni kwase-13ac kuya epulazini elikhulu lama-250ac.
Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-90, u-Eddie wakhipha amagatsha futhi watshala amahektare angama-30 amazambane njengesilingo sokuhlola. Yayinjalo impumelelo yayo u-Eddie ayithatha kumazambane ekhula ngokugcwele ekhulisa ibhizinisi kakhulu eminyakeni ezayo.
I-Finnegan's Namuhla
Namuhla, uPaul noJoe Finnegan bahamba ezinyathelweni zikababa wabo u-Eddie njengoba belima c. I-1800 con-acres eduze kwepulazi lomndeni eBalrath, Navan, Co Meath. Etholakala enhliziyweni yesifunda saseBoyne Valley bagxile kakolweni wasebusika, ibhali lasebusika, ibhali lasentwasahlobo, ukudlwengulwa kwembewu kawoyela, amahlumela amabrussels kanye namazambane. Amazambane angumgogodla webhizinisi labo, futhi ngenxa yalokho bahamba imigwaqo yezifunda ezi-6 ezihlukene eLeinster ukuthola umhlaba ongcono kakhulu ongatholakala ngesilimo sabo samahektare angama-500.
Esizeni kunezinkampani ezimbili ezihlukene ezinabasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-35 ezisebenza ngokufana. E. I-Finnegan & Sons igxile emikhiqizweni emisha yemifino kanti iPulnegan's Farm esanda kusungulwa igxile emikhiqizweni eyengeziwe ephekiwe.
Ngokwesiko ukuletha amazambane amasha kusuka esangweni lasensimini kuya kupuleti lakho lesidlo sakusihlwa, kepha ufisa ukwandisa ukunikela kwawo futhi uthole enye indlela yokusebenzisa amazambane, abakwaFinnegan banqume ukulungiselela nokupheka imikhiqizo yabo yamazambane amnandi ukubenza babe lula futhi kube lula ukuthi uyijabulele.
UPaul noJoe Finnegan njengamanje basemkhankasweni wokuphinda bamake amazambane kabusha ukuqinisekisa ukuthi athathwa njengokudla okulula ngumthengi wanamuhla. Amazambane, okwakungukudla okuyisisekelo kwabase-Ireland, abone ukudayiswa kwezitolo e-Ireland kwehla kuze kufike kokukodwa kokuthathu phakathi kuka-2002 no-2014. Ngokuhambisana nomkhankaso wokukhuthaza ukuxhaswa kwamazambane obizwa nge- € 1 million we-EU wokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwamazambane, uFinnegan's sethule amazambane amazambane abekwe kahle angaphambi kokupheka afakwe kuqala njengamafutha akhululekile ngokwemvelo, amnandi futhi enza izinto ezihlukahlukene. Ukusebenziseka kalula umshayeli okhiye onezinto ezinjengokusetshenziswa okubonakalayo okulula, ukonga isikhathi nokuguquguquka kokubaluleke kakhulu kumthengi wanamuhla ontula isikhathi. Imikhiqizo yamazambane ebandisiwe kaFinnegan iguqula okuthile okuyisitoko semali eseqile esezingeni eliphakeme ekubeni into ekwazi ukuthengiswa, ukubeka amazambane “Njengokungaphezulu nje kancane ohlangothini!”
Ngaphandle kokukhula okukhulu kwebhizinisi laseFinnegan epulazini, uPaul & Joe basathola isikhathi sokushayela umama wabo, uMarie, njalo ekuseni ngo-7.30 ekuseni badle isidlo sasekuseni. “Umama wazi konke okwenzeka egcekeni, ngemuva kokuchitha isikhathi esanele esebenza kolayini abahlukahlukene bokufaka izikhwama. Lapho sizama ukuthola ukuthi ngabe amazinga ezinto ezomile alungile yini esitshalweni sokuvunwa, simane simnikeze isampula ukuthi ayihlole. Kulesi sigaba, uyakwazi ukubona i-spud enhle ebangeni elingamakhilomitha amaningi, ”kwengeza uJoe.