Ploughing Championship expects 2022 loss

This year's championships shaping up up be a bumper year but organisers say soaring costs will eat up any possible financial return

The Covid pandemic 'had a massive financial impact' on the National Ploughing Association. Picture: O'Gorman Photography

The National Ploughing Championships recorded combined losses of €1.25m during two pandemic-hit years when the event was cancelled and is expecting a loss again this year despite a return of the event in September.

New accounts filed by The National Ploughing Association of Ireland show the company last year recorded pre-tax losses of €600,353 when the event was cancelled for a second year running due to Covid-19.