#National Ploughing Championships

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Explosion at Donegal service station
Michael D Higgins slams 'shameful' spending on war as millions suffer acute hunger
Speaking at the National Ploughing Championships, Mr Higgins said this is now the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Ploughing Championships: Where is it on, how to get there, and where to park?
Ploughing Championships: Where is it on, how to get there, and where to park?
A major traffic plan is in operation once again

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Denis Lehane: Eight reasons why we love the Ploughing Championships
Denis Lehane: Eight reasons why we love the Ploughing Championships
Unlike a Taylor Swift concert, I have never known of anybody who was unable to attend the ploughing due to a shortage of tickets.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Tanaiste Micheal Martin doorstep
S Rural Ireland Thinks poll: More to do for Fianna Fáil to win votes in rural Ireland
With the clock now ticking down to a general election, Micheál Martin will have to cover significant ground to ensure his party's traditional supporter base is not eroded

Mon, 16 Sep, 2024

National Ploughing championships
Council under fire as Cork greenway consultations clash with Ploughing Championships
Cork County Council facing calls to reschedule consultation on proposed West Cork greenway as most of the landowners potentially affected will be at the Ploughing Championships next week

Thu, 12 Sep, 2024

Farmers urged to seek support for stress and mental health issues
Farmers urged to seek support for stress and mental health issues
Getting help on time with physical injuries also crucial, according to doctors with emergency medical response charity CRITICAL

Tue, 10 Sep, 2024

Denis Lehane: Hats off to Indiana Jones' auction
Denis Lehane: Hats off to Indiana Jones' auction
In a crazy world, where one man's garbage can become another man's prized possession, there will probably be great pomp and ceremony when the hat finally arrives in the sales ring

Sun, 11 Aug, 2024

Gardaí were paid almost €7m to police concerts, sports events and festivals
Gardaí were paid almost €7m to police concerts, sports events and festivals
Gardaí also were paid to escort large cargo on the country’s roads

Thu, 25 Jul, 2024

TCD; TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN; HONORARY DEGREES; HONORARY DOCTORATES; ANNA MAY MCHUGH; COLM O'GORMAN; LEONARD O'HAGAN; HERMAN VAN
Human rights campaigner Colm O'Gorman among those honoured by Trinity
The 'Irish Examiner' food writer was conferred on Friday

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

Innovation Arena opens for entries for Ploughing 2024
Innovation Arena opens for entries for Ploughing 2024
The overall start-up award winner will receive a €10,000 prize as well as mentoring support from specialist Enterprise Ireland advisors.

Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

Good Friday Agreement
Letters to the Editor: Courts are not the path to reconciliation
Truth Recovery Ireland offer views on Ireland's legal action against the UK's new Troubles legacy law, while other readers look at a range of topics including mental health services

Tue, 26 Dec, 2023

Ploughing firm reports attendance dropped 90,000
Ploughing firm reports attendance dropped 90,000
The firm which operates the National Ploughing Championship (NPC) returned to pre-tax profit last year to record profits of €217,624 after incurring combined losses of €1. 25m during the two covid-19 impacted years of 2021 and 2020.

Wed, 20 Dec, 2023

Catherine Conlon: Here is the evidence for cutting back on meat
Catherine Conlon: Here is the evidence for cutting back on meat
President Michael D Higgins caused a stir when he urged us to tackle climate change on our dinner plates — but there are plenty of reasons to heed his call, writes CATHERINE CONLON

Mon, 02 Oct, 2023

Meet the data-driven tech start-ups paving a greener future for farming
Meet the data-driven tech start-ups paving a greener future for farming
A delve through the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena is an essential part of any visit to 'the Ploughing' for me.

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

GrassMax clinches Innovation Arena overall prize
GrassMax clinches Innovation Arena overall prize
The world’s first temperate climate grassland management tool, GrassMax, has been named as the overall winner at this year’s Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards.

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

We should continue leveraging the Ploughing to showcase what's good about Irish farming
We should continue leveraging the Ploughing to showcase what's good about Irish farming
It's fair to say that there is hardly a cohort of business and society that’s not represented in some fashion at the National Ploughing Championships

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

National Ploughing Championships 2023
Tadgh McNally: As a means of gauging the lay of the land, The Ploughing is hard to beat
The Ploughing allows politicians to break free from the political bubble and meet people from all walks of life

Sun, 24 Sep, 2023

Welly error provides plenty of laughs for ploughing faithful
Welly error provides plenty of laughs for ploughing faithful
Elsewhere, the anticipation was palpable at the National Brown Bread Baking Competition, before the overall winner for 2023 was crowned

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Donohoe: State cannot be complacent despite being a 'long way away' from US capitol riot scenes
Donohoe: State cannot be complacent despite being a 'long way away' from US capitol riot scenes
Public Expenditure Minister described the scenes outside the Dáil on Wednesday as 'disturbing' and 'appalling'

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Budget changes can put Ireland in a stronger position to deal with Europe on nitrates - Donohoe
Budget changes can put Ireland in a stronger position to deal with Europe on nitrates - Donohoe
"There is a recognition of the kind of change that is needed"

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

National Ploughing Championships 2023
Irish Examiner view: AI is a challenge in Irish schools
Seven revised Leaving Cert curriculums will not be introduced as planned as Normal Foley halts teacher-based assessment

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Crisis response teams to tackle rural suicide
Crisis response teams to tackle rural suicide
Crisis response teams are to be sent to rural communities grappling with suicides and other tragedies under an initiative launched on Wednesday.

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

veterinarian at farm cattle
Harris: New vet school may not be in place by September 2024
Higher Education Minister Simon Harris said it was 'utterly unacceptable' that young people have to go abroad to study veterinary medicine

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Dairy farmers facing ‘most complex transition in living memory’
Dairy farmers facing ‘most complex transition in living memory’
Farmers have just over three months to meet the new stocking rate requirements by reducing their herd size or buying or renting more land under nitrates derogation rules

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Macra breaks world record for welly throwing at Ploughing Championships
Macra breaks world record for welly throwing at Ploughing Championships
995 participants from across Ireland gathered to participate in this world record-breaking event. 

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Europe’s 'highest spec' lime spreader clinches Machine of the Year
Europe’s 'highest spec' lime spreader clinches Machine of the Year
Inventor Richard Kane admits the machine is the culmination of his own wishlist for the perfect lime spreader.

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Post Cabinet press conference
McConalogue: Commission has been 'crystal clear' in derogation cut decision
Farmers are facing this drop from the start of next year.

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

Traffic delays on route to Ploughing Championships following collision 
Traffic delays on route to Ploughing Championships following collision 
Gardaí are warning of traffic delays on the way to the Ploughing Championships. They are currently at the scene of a collision in Co Laois.  The incident happened in Mullaghanard, outside Mountmellick on Wednesday morning.

Wed, 20 Sep, 2023

National Ploughing Championships 2023
Cool reception for McConalogue but Higgins prompts cheers from crowds at the Ploughing
With two more days to go yet at one of Ireland’s biggest festivals, there will be more politicking, more debates on nitrates and more people caked in muck

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Ploughing 2023: Flick through the pages of our e-magazine
Ploughing 2023: Flick through the pages of our e-magazine
Everything you need to know about the National Ploughing Championships 2023 in Ratheniska, Co Laois

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

National Ploughing Championships 2023
UN is 'losing credibility', President Higgins tells Ploughing Championships 
While he criticised the organisation at present, he said it would be saved by countries like Ireland, who have 'no other aim or ambition other than to have a safe, sustainable, peaceful world'

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

An Garda Siochana Monument of Remembrance
McEntee: Tech must be used 'in whatever way we can' after 'really awful summer' on Irish roads 
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said it had been a 'really awful summer' concerning deaths on Irish roads, with worrying trends going in the wrong direction

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Taylor Swift
Denis Lehane: Why not be a Swifty farmer at the ploughing?
You're nobody at a Taylor Swift concert unless you're wearing a diaper

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Ploughing Championships visitors advised to bring wellies amid weather warnings
Ploughing Championships visitors advised to bring wellies amid weather warnings
Politicians attending the three-day event in Co Laois to face grilling from farmers on issues including nitrates, and the delay in farm scheme payments

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Officials to meet those protesting over new Cavan asylum seeker accommodation
The protests, ongoing since Friday, are taking place outside a renovated stables in Castletara which is set to accommodate international protection applicants

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

Ploughing Championships: Dignitaries set to descend in their droves
Ploughing Championships: Dignitaries set to descend in their droves
Visitors can get advice about farm payments, passport applications and income tax, crime prevention, housing, public health, pensions, and even the up-to-date weather forecast at the one location.

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

Ploughing Championship: Spotlight on protection of bee population
Ploughing Championship: Spotlight on protection of bee population
About 50% of humankind’s diet is sourced directly or indirectly from crops pollinated by bees

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

tractor fertilizing in field
Facility to declare fertiliser closing stock now open
The final date for submission of closing stock of fertiliser on farms and premises is October 15, 2023.

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

National Ploughing Championship: Route, parking and a path back to your car
National Ploughing Championship: Route, parking and a path back to your car
How to get there safely

Wed, 13 Sep, 2023

Ploughing 2023: The epic event is like an annual time capsule image of rural evolution
Ploughing 2023: The epic event is like an annual time capsule image of rural evolution
Some 320 ploughing competitors from all over the country will vie for national titles and other honours on a 200-acre site which hosted the World Contest last year.

Wed, 13 Sep, 2023

Virtual reality quad experience at the Ploughing
Virtual reality quad experience at the Ploughing
A virtual reality quad bike experience, aimed at helping improve farm safety, will be available for visitors to the National Ploughing Championship from FRS Training.

Wed, 13 Sep, 2023

Minister 'can't rule out further use of tents' for Ukrainian refugees
Minister 'can't rule out further use of tents' for Ukrainian refugees
Around 750 Ukrainian refugees are due to be housed in tented accommodation, mostly in Stradbally — the site of Electric Picnic

Thu, 07 Sep, 2023

Ploughing Championships asked to provide tented accommodation for Ukrainian refugees
Ploughing Championships asked to provide tented accommodation for Ukrainian refugees
Up to 750 Ukrainian refugees are being moved into tented accommodation at the site of Electric Picnic in Stradbally in Laois from Tuesday

Tue, 05 Sep, 2023

'Imagine finding out in a newspaper that your rapist is back on the streets' 
'Imagine finding out in a newspaper that your rapist is back on the streets' 
Survivors of crime are entitled to learn when the perpetrator is being released from jail but have to sign up to an opt-in victim liaison service of which many are still unaware

Sun, 20 Aug, 2023

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