Potato harvest 'rapidly turning into a salvage operation'

"As it stands, around 60% of crop remains to be harvested."

43 acres of main crop potatoes which should be harvested by now only for the very wet conditions on the lands of tillage farmer Dick Fitzgerald, Loughane, East Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

This year's potato harvest is "rapidly turning into a salvage operation" as drills are underwater following recent flooding.

The Irish Farmers' Association national potato committee chairman Sean Ryan said this year's harvest is "the worst in recent memory".