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Met Éireann 22C sun blast weather forecast for Ireland but a big change is coming

Met Éireann is forecasting a stunning 22C sun blast for Ireland this week as the National Ploughing Championships get underway but a big change will follow after it. In its latest forecast, Met Éireann said Tuesday "will be largely dry with long ...

16 Sept 2024 at 17:14

National Ploughing

The 15 types of people you'll meet this year at the National Ploughing Championships

The National Ploughing Championships return this year to Ratheniska and will draw over 300,000 people from across Ireland. In the crowds, you can expect to meet: The early bird... This person is at the gates at 6am and makes their way through ...

19 Sept 2023 at 08:07

National Ploughing

10 things that happen at the Ploughing Championships every year

There's an obsession with the weather... In the days prior to the Ploughing, we will all be glued to the weather forecaster. Will we need sunblock and shorts or umbrellas and wellies? The answer is usually all of the above. 2019 brought ...

19 Sept 2023 at 08:35

National News

Agri-inventor leaves the Ploughing a bit early – so he can get married

Agri-inventor Colm Doran is leaving a major farming event early on Thursday in order to get married later the same day. The 36-year-old from Tullow in Co Carlow is leaving his National Ploughing Championship stand displaying his ...

21 Sept 2023 at 18:13

National Ploughing

Ploughing traffic: 3km queues on roads near Ploughing as thousands descend on Laois

People on their way to the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, are enduring long queues of traffic as thousands descend on the event despite the bad weather. RTE's traffic update on Morning Ireland, which ...

19 Sept 2023 at 09:01

National News

Humphreys says she was burnt out a year ago but has ‘plenty of fire in my belly’

Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys has said she was “a bit burnt out” when she withdrew from political life a year ago, but now has “plenty of fire in my belly”. The former social protection minister said in October she ...

16 Sept 2025 at 14:48

National News

‘Huge issue’ of trespassing and dog attacks discussed at Ploughing Championships

Trespassing and dog attacks on livestock have become a “significant issue”, a farming organisation has said at the Ploughing Championships in Co Offaly. The issue of high food prices was also highlighted as agricultural and ...

17 Sept 2025 at 13:58

National News

Wonderful that female farmers are finally respected, ploughing matriarch says

The matriarch of the National Ploughing Championships has said it is wonderful that female farmers are finally getting recognition for their work. Anna May McHugh, 89, managing director of the National Ploughing ...

21 Sept 2023 at 18:19

National Ploughing

PLOUGHING PICTURES: People out and about enjoying Ploughing 2023

We've been out and about at Ploughing 2023 capturing all the fun of the fair with thousands of you from all over the country. Did you make it into our latest gallery? USE ARROWS ABOVE OR NEXT BUTTON BELOW TO ...

21 Sept 2023 at 11:42

National Ploughing

PICTURES: Smiles all round at day three of the National Ploughing Championships

Click NEXT or on the arrows above to see next picture It's day three of the National Ploughing Championships and thousands of smiling faces have descended upon Ratheniska in Co Laois. With smiles and ...

19 Sept 2024 at 11:52

National Ploughing

Businesses urged to go digital at National Ploughing Championships

Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary TD encouraged businesses to go digital today at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, County Laois. ...

19 Sept 2024 at 13:27

National Ploughing

IN PICTURES: People helping out and having fun at Ploughing 2023 in Laois

People from Laois and all over the country were out in force helping out or having fun at the Ploughing in Ratheniska this. Tap next or arrow to see more pictures taken for the Leinster Express / ...

21 Sept 2023 at 15:33

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