‘A dream come true’: Record-breaking Donegal ram sells for €44k

The ram was bought for 44,000 euro in Wicklow (Blessington Mart/PA)

A record-breaking ram turned heads when it was bought for €44,000 in Wicklow – the largest amount ever paid for a ram at a sale in the Republic of Ireland.

The seven-month-old Suffolk ram was sold by Richard Thompson, a farmer from Ballybofey in Co Donegal.