Denis Lehane: Nigel Renaghan demands ‘fair share of the final price’ for produce

The first deputy presidential candidate speaker at Ballincollig was Nigel Renaghan, a beef and poultry farmer from Co Monaghan.

With his microphone spluttering as he began, I feared we were in for a night of poor reception.

However, I was wrong, because the microphone was quickly whipped into shape by this proficient public speaker, who is the current IFA national poultry chairman.