Kerry man clinches 2024 Machine of the Year

Padraig Teahan celebrates the big win with his sons Alex and Jamie.

A hedgecutter with a pioneering mounting system has been named the winner of the coveted Machine of the Year Award at last week’s National Ploughing Championships.

The winning invention was designed by Padraig Teahan, from Scartaglen, Co Kerry, who has decades of experience in the hedge cutting business, for his patent-pending technology designed to improve safety, efficiency, and stability for hedge cutters and other agricultural machinery.