Freemount members fly Macra flag on TG4

Freemount Macra members Lisa and Maria Ring from Charleville, Co Cork, along with their Kenmare, Co Kerry, cousins David and Padraig Hanley, have made it through to the next round in TG4’s Clann Feirm Factor.

This year, as the name suggests, in a change to the regular format, farming families from Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Laois, Kildare, Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, and Dublin, rather than individual farmers, are participating, as the IFTA-nominated programme, now in its fifth series, hunts for Ireland’s top farming family.

The show, with a top prize of €20,000, is presented by Síle Ní Bhraonáin, and features resident judge and dairy farmer, Seán Ó Lionáird, based in Macroom, Co Cork, along with new judges Síle Nic Chonaonaigh, formally the presenter of Garraí Glas and an organic enthusiast, and Peadar Ó Scanaill, a veterinary surgeon based in North Dublin