O’dorney ploughs in fine conditions
The day was fine on the level plain of Corridan’s farm in Ballysheen for Sunday’s opening round of the Kerry Ploughing Championships season and both ploughmen and women and their spectators enjoyed a pleasant autumn afternoon.
“We had a good dry day with a firm breeze and the ploughmen said that they were very happy with the competitions and with the weather for the nine competitions we had on the day,” Mundy Hayes, the Chairman of the Abbeydorney Ploughing Society, said afterwards.
With a number of All-Ireland winning ploughmen in action, there was plenty of quality ploughing technique on show.
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EU Budget ‘a huge let down’ - O’Gorman
The overall EU Budget, including the allocation for the Common Agricultural Policy, has turned out to be a big disappointment for Irish farmers, the President of the IFA, Francie Gorman, declared.
“In the original Commission proposal, the CAP budget was cut by 22 per cent, which would result in a 24 per cent cut to Irish payments. The Irish presidency proposal has not improved this at all. It is a huge let down for Irish and EU farmers,” he said.
They are going to feel that the EU is turning its back on farming and will also reckon that the Irish government has simply not delivered for them.
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