Rural Life
Top honours for Ireland at the European Ploughing Championships
The Republic of Ireland ploughing team has claimed top honours again on the international stage, this time at the European...
National Ploughing Association
Rural Life
Ireland’s global reputation as 'true ploughing masters'
The recent double success at the World Ploughing Contest for the Republic of Ireland team has again confirmed the country’s...
Rural Life
Double success for Ireland at World Ploughing Contest
Two Irish ploughmen have claimed top honours at the 69th World Ploughing Contest in Tartu, Estonia. In a remarkable performance,...
Agri-Business
Certa returns as official fuel sponsor for the Ploughing
The National Ploughing Association (NPA) has announced that Certa is returning as the official fuel sponsor for this year’s National...
Rural Life
New sponsor for national brown bread baking competition
Retailer Euronics Ireland has today (Thursday, May 16) been named as the new sponsor of the National Brown Bread Baking...
Agri-Business
Under 10% of 'Ploughing 2023' ticket sales were 'at the gate'
Under 10% of tickets for the 2023 National Ploughing Championships were purchased ‘at the gate’, with the vast majority purchased...
Tillage News
Irish ploughing team retains world champion titles
In Latvia on Saturday, October 14, two Irish ploughmen maintained their status as world champions at the World Ploughing Contest....
Tillage
Irish team trains in Latvia ahead of World Ploughing Contest
The 2023 World Ploughing Contest is taking place in Latvia this week, where the Irish team has travelled to in...
Rural Life
NPA veteran Rosemary Scally to take over public address duties
Rosemary Scally, a veteran of almost 50 years of the National Ploughing Association (NPA), will take over the public address...
Agri-Business
Demand for exhibition space 'at capacity' for Ploughing 2023
Owing to the demand of exhibition space at this year’s National Ploughing Championships, a waiting list has been put in...
Rural Life
Legend John Tracey leaves a 'huge ploughing legacy'
Co. Carlow ploughing champion, John Tracey, will leave behind a “huge ploughing legacy”, according to the managing director for the...
Tillage News
Video: World Ploughing Contest monument unveiled in Co. Laois
Today (Friday, March 10) the ‘Cairn of Peace’ was officially unveiled in its permanent home at Ratheniska, Co. Laois to...
Rural Life
Tributes paid after death of 'voice of the Ploughing' Carrie Acheson
Tributes have been paid to former Fianna Fáil TD for South Tipperary and “the voice of the Ploughing” Carrie Acheson,...
Agri-Business
BOI to give away 1,000 hedgerow plants at Ploughing
As part of a focus on biodiversity and sustainability, Bank of Ireland (BOI) is set to give away over 1,000...
Agri-Business
Wexford duo claim national titles as 90th 'Ploughing' draws to close
Wexford duo Martin Kehoe and Dan Donnelly are national champions as the 90th “Ploughing” came to a close in Co....
Rural Life
Great Yorkshire Success gives hope for September Balmoral
The prospect of 26,000 people gathering for England’s premier agricultural show might have seemed like wishful thinking this year, but...
Rural Life
'A bit of light at the end of this dark tunnel...' - What the 'Ploughing' could have been
The loss of the National Ploughing Championships brings the loss of many things this year: an event that has an...
Rural Life
Sadness as a member of the 'Ploughing' community passes away
The National Ploughing Association (NPA) has expressed its deepest sympathy to the Tracey family from Co. Carlow on the passing...