Saturday 6 March, 2021
The National Ploughing Championships were cancelled in May this year due to the pandemic.
This year’s event was officially cancelled yesterday.
The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and President Higgins have also weighed in on the farming dispute today.
From TheJournal.ie
We caught up with the woman behind Fred’s Catnip Farm at the National Ploughing Championship.
(Quick version: Yes, you will need a brolly – possibly a big one).
350 competitors made the trek to Offaly this week. Why do they return each year?
‘Ring of fire’, it turned out, was a slight exaggeration.
The newly-developed BullMatch app garnered plenty of attention in Offaly this week.
New carparks have been set up for the final day of the Ploughing.
We spoke to Met Éireann’s Alan Hally at the National Ploughing Championships.
Professional tree carver John Hayes is out to impress at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.
“PAUDIE MAHER, HORSE OF A MAN!”
“PAUDIE MAHER, HORSE OF A MAN!”
What does the real Marty make of it all?
With over a thousand stands and hundreds of events, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start…
After four decades at the helm of Europe’s largest outdoor festival, Anna May McHugh shows no signs of slowing down.
“That was the best ride I’ve ever had.”
A certain two-dimensional RTÉ star ruled the roost in Ratheniska – and we learned quite a bit about Country n’ Irish.
Oh yes, it’s that time of year again.
You probably won’t be able to move for the number of politicians pressing the flesh…
Everyone’s talking about the Ebola patient in the US, water charges and the remote control for the Sean O’Casey Bridge that went missing…
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Was it for this? Was it?
Finally, he addresses the question.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
It’s closing time in Ratheniska — but 82,000 people have been wandering the fields and checking out the sights since early this morning.
President Higgins has made public statements on the issue at several events in recent weeks…
Wellies! Wellies everywhere!
Guess which option TheJournal.ie went for?
Plus: How many €50 notes were discovered in developer Tom McFeely’s former home on Ailesbury Road?
Over 228,000 people flocked to the National Ploughing Championships, more than any other single year.
The National Ploughing Association estimated 190,000 visitors over three days. After two, 171,000 have shown up.
The National Ploughing Championships got underway today, here are the pictures from day one.
With 200,000 people set to descend on Stradbally, gardaí are asking motorists to trust the signage, not the sat-nav.
Photos of the Taoiseach on this walkabout, meeting and greeting the patrons and participants in New Ross.
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
After spending the last three years in Kildare, the 81st National Ploughing Championships has moved to the (hopefully) sunny South-East.
Proposed reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy will cap farm subsidies and link payments with environmental measures.
