Tag: National Ploughing Championships
‘One of the most successful championships of all time’ – Sun...
As the traffic flows from the car parks in Ratheniska this evening, the the total attendance figure for the 93rd National Ploughing Championships has...
In Pictures: Glorious sunshine, big crowds and mighty craic at Day...
It was less mud and wellies but more glorious sunshine and sunglasses as the National Ploughing Championships got underway yesterday.
The day did not disappoint...
Laois primary school perform for President Michael D Higgins at Ploughing...
The school band in Scoil Fionntáin Naofa, Shanahoe was invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska.
This was...
Promising weather forecast for National Ploughing Championships according to Carlow Weather
The 2024 National Ploughing Championships are just around the corner and as always, the weather for the event is a hot topic.
This year's event...
Kolbe Special School excited to be part of National Ploughing Championships...
Kolbe Special School are extremely excited to let everyone know that they will be part of the National Ploughing Championships 2024.
The school will bring...
In Pictures: Excitement building as countdown now on to start of...
With less than two weeks until one of Europe’s largest outdoor events, preparations in Ratheniska are underway for the National Ploughing Championships.
Things are seriously...
The Heath Golf Club hail another successful year at National Ploughing...
The Heath Golf Club had a second successful event at the National Ploughing Championships this year.
The tent was erected by a group of volunteers,...
CONFIRMED: Ploughing Championships to return to Laois again as Ratheniska announced...
The National Ploughing Championships are set to return to Ratheniska in Laois once again in 2024.
The news was confirmed this evening at the National...
Gorman hugely enthused as IFA presidential campaign hits top gear
Francie Gorman, the Laois man who is hoping to become the next president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), says he is hugely enthused...
66,250 brave the weather on day one of National Ploughing Championships...
66,250 visitors revelled in all of the action on day 1 of this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois.
Despite inclement weather conditions,...
Ploughing 2023: Navigating the Garda traffic plan as more than 200,000...
The 2023 National Ploughing Championships get underway tomorrow, Tuesday, September 19 in Ratheniska, and An Garda Síochána have detailed their traffic management plan.
Over 200,000...
Laois business set to exhibit at Ploughing Championships as part of...
One of Laois’s best small businesses will get a chance to exhibit their business to almost 300,000 people at the National Ploughing Championships this...
National Ploughing Championships is NOT moving towards cashless-only payments
National Ploughing Association Assistant Managing Director, Anna Marie McHugh has dismissed concerns that the National Ploughing Championships could be moving towards cashless-only payments for...
BREAKING: National Ploughing Championships confirmed for Laois once again in 2023
The National Ploughing Championships are set to return to Ratheniska in Laois once again in 2023.
The news was confirmed this evening by managing director...
WATCH: We took on the Ploughing and asked punters a very...
The National Ploughing Championships got underway in Ratheniska yesterday in some glorious sunshine.
The craic was mighty as 91,500 patrons from all over the country...
Meet the Laois woman who injected some creativity into her retirement...
A former anaesthetist is injecting lots of creativity into her retirement.
Kate Ramsbottom from Ratheniska who worked at both Portlaoise and Tullamore hospitals, now crafts...
Gardai confirm traffic management plan ahead of the National Ploughing Championships
Gardai have confirmed details of their traffic management plan ahead of the start of the National Ploughing Championships tomorrow.
With an anticipated in excess of...
Laois school set for Ploughing Championships where they will raffle a...
A Laois school have secured a spot at the Ploughing Championships this week where they will raffle a quad to raise much needed funds.
Kolbe...
Laois man seeking to achieve World Record for charity fundraiser at...
Dairy farmer turned massage therapist Patrick Kelly from Castletown will attempt to set a world record in driving a tractor and trailer in reverse...
In Pictures: Laois ploughing host World Ploughing at Stradbally Hall
People from all over the world descended upon Stradbally once again as Laois Ploughing hosted members of the World Ploughing association.
Stradbally Hall is no...
Full steam ahead for Anna May as countdown is on for...
Her working days kick off from 7.30am and she is busy late into the night. The powerhouse that is octogenarian Anna May McHugh, managing...
Organisers ‘planning’ and ‘hopeful’ that National Ploughing Championships will go ahead...
Organisers of the National Ploughing Association are planning for this year's event to go ahead in full in Ratheniska in September.
NPA assistant managing director...
A League of Their Own stars try their hand at ploughing...
The National Ploughing Champions is taking place behind closed doors in Ratheniska this week - but there were some famous guests on site.
Four members...
National Ploughing Championships trade exhibition CANCELLED for second year
The National Ploughing Association has announced that it has cancelled the trade exhibition element of their annual event for the second year.
Around 300,000 people...
World Ploughing Championships confirmed for Laois in 2021
The World Ploughing Championships will be held in Laois in 2021.
Ratheniska will be the venue for the event in 12 months time - after...
NPA refuse to contribute to cost of road works for the...
A meeting of Laois County Council has heard that the local authority had to plough almost €200k of its own funds into road works...
Fr Paddy: Life is the coffee – the jobs, money and...
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in...
78% of farmers say their farm is not viable without direct...
Almost 80% of farmers believe their farm would not be viable without EU direct payments, accoring to a survey of almost 3,000 participants carried...
Moment In Time: National Ploughing Championships launch in 2011
For this week's Moment In Time we look back on the launch of the National Ploughing Championships in September 2011.
The Minister for Agriculture at...
Bishop Denis Nulty launches a creative prayer writing contest for the...
Bishop Denis Nulty and members of the Diocesan Ploughing Steering Group gathered on Thursday on the site of the National Ploughing Championships at Ballintrane,...