Last week’s kill came in at 38,434, an increase of 895 head on the previous week’s kill of 37,539. The bullock kill saw the ...

Coleman, 63, has been aboard the International Space Station twice. On the first, she travelled over six million miles, ...

The ploughing is back, but is it still a big deal? It is by any measure a massive deal as it heads into its 93rd year. In fact, it is one of the biggest outdoor events to take place anywhere in ...

A sod turning marks a new beginning - no truer statement for one Arva man who found his passion in ploughing seven years ago. Liam Dolan was gearing up for the National Ploughing Championships in ...

Local ploughing matches between neighbouring parishes were common and one of the earliest records tell of a match in Camolin Park, Wexford on October 20th, 1816. But the idea of a competition at ...

Mr Reilly (68) was competing in a horse-drawn plough contest on the second day of the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois. Following in the footsteps of his father ...

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Peter Burke, TD, was one of 75,000 to attend the 2024 National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, yesterday Tuesday, the first day of the event. At ...

Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day. The National Ploughing Championships have issued a reminder to anyone intending to visit the event to take note of how and ...

Take a look at Wednesday's highlights of Ploughing 2024 in Ratheniska to get a glimpse of the action.

Ensuring that motorists travelling to this week’s national ploughing championship can arrive and depart from the venue in safety and with the minimum delay is a challenging task. Gardaí ...

The 2024 National Ploughing Championships is set to kick off in Ratheniska, Co. Laois this morning, Tuesday, September 17. The three-day event is set to see people from across Ireland and further ...