Cattle marts: Lighter cattle not in vogue as rain keeps falling

The singer Madonna used to have a song a few years back, called Rain.

“I feel it on my finger tips, I hear it on my window pane,” I believe she used to sing. Clearly, the girl was fond of the odd drop of moisture.

And while I’m sure a bit of rain is always welcome on the sun-kissed avenues of Beverly Hills, here in rural Ireland, this ‘spring’, we have had our fill of the stuff.