Tag: National Ploughing Championships

Brought to you in association with Expert Laois We've had a wide range of guests in with us for our Christmas Video Interview Series and...

The last 18 months have brought all sorts of weather. Storm Ophelia in October 2017, incredible floods in November 2017, The Beast from the...

Brought to you in association with Expert Laois National Ploughing Association director, Anna May McHugh says the treatment of Politicians spurs on her lack of...

The site for the 2019 Ploughing Championships appears to have been confirmed by local politicians. Fine Gael Carlow-Kilkenny TD Pat Deering let the cat out...

The National Ploughing Championships were cancelled yesterday after Storm Ali rendered the site unsafe. Tents were torn down and portaloos were turned over as high...

The National Ploughing championship is back on for Thursday, September 20. Many farmers, exhibitors and punters alike were left at limbo and disappointed today as...

Organisers of the National Ploughing Championships are hopeful that the site will be fit for use tomorrow. Managing Director Anna May McHugh has released a...

This is the news that nobody wanted to hear. Day 2 of the National Ploughing Championships has been cancelled due to Storm Ali. Organisers made the...

This pesky storm is causing even more hassle this morning. LaoisToday understands that entry for the public has now been pushed back to 12.30pm. A Garda...

The Ploughing Champions will open at 11am as planned this morning - two hours later that normal. The decision was taken late last night to...

The opening time for tomorrow's National Ploughing Championships will be delayed. A statement said: "Due to the passage of storm Ally through the midlands between...

It is Christmas time across the country for farmers from tomorrow morning. The National Ploughing Championships will get underway in Screggan in Offaly as people...

This year's National Ploughing Championships will be held in Screggan outside Tullamore in two week's time - but the massive annual event could be...

With just under two weeks to go to the staging of Europe’s largest outdoor event, the site in Screggan, Tullamore is really taking shape...

A Keeping You Safe child safety wristband initiative will be an important feature again at this year’s National Ploughing Championships following its tremendous success in previous...

Ok, we'll admit that we might be a little bit over the top with this one! But when the Ploughing Championships got flooded in Offaly...

Tributes have been paid to Gordon Bradley, Ballycoolan, Stradbally who was a tireless supporter of charities in Laois and also the voice of the...

The National Ploughing Championships will take place in Screggan in Offaly again in 2018, it has been announced this afternoon. The venue which is near...

Karl Davis's success in the intermediate reversible class and second place finishes for Pat Cooney and David Walsh were the Laois highlights at this...

There was plenty of news in Laois and the surrounding areas this week with the National Ploughing championships taking place, new backroom staff announced...

Staff in Screggan in Tullamore worked through the night in an effort to get the Ploughing Championships open for Day 3 this morning. Prolonged rain...

Whose idea was it to put the Ploughing Championships in one of the most boggiest parts of Ireland? Well whoever it was is counting the...

Laois is a small county filled with wonderful people. We launched ourselves on Snapchat a couple of months ago and the reaction has been brilliant. In...

Alf Harvey has been the official photographer for the National Ploughing Association for a number of years and is part of the furniture now...

Ballylinan man Karl Davis is celebrating a first All Ireland title at the National Ploughing Championship following Day 1 of the event in Offaly. Davis,...

Brendan Greene from Ratheniska is one of a number of Laois people to be actually competing in the Ploughing championships this week - he's...

Camross woman Mary Phelan is the first person to feature on our Ploughing Q&A this week as she recalls her early experience going to...

There are 13 Laois Ploughing team members set to compete in Tullamore this week as the National Ploughing Championships get underway. The chairman of Laois County...

The National Ploughing Championships are now in full swing but this scribe won't be in attendance. Last year, when I was still working with the...

Ballylinan woman Anna May McHugh will be a guest of Ryan Tubridy on Friday night’s Late Late Show. The managing director of the National Ploughing...