32 year old farmer from Co Louth elected to head up Macra

COLM MARKEY, a 32 year old dairy, beef and tillage farmer from Togher, Co Louth, is the 30th national president of Macra na Feirme.
Thu, 07 Apr, 2005 - 01:00

The result was announced on Tuesday at the Irish Farm Centre in Dublin.

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