Teagasc honours legend Paddy O’Keeffe at Fermoy research centre

Industry leaders took time to honour an agrifood legend with the launch of the €4.5m Paddy O’Keeffe Innovation Centre at the Teagasc campus in Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork.

Funded by FBD Trust and the Department of Agriculture, researchers, specialists and advisers will use the new centre to progress Ireland’s grassland, animal breeding and health, and farming systems.

Chairman of FBD Insurance for 20 years and editor of the Irish Farmers’ Journal for 37 years, O’Keeffe was a passionate advocate of research and education in farming. He died in 2013.