Fair play to the lads, they did their best to blend in with the farming community,

"His name is Noel. He’s got two wrists of solid gold."

Farmers are "arming themselves" to protect their property as the fear of rural crime grows around the country.

It's a debate that has occupied Irish minds for hundreds of years.

Are ya goin' ploughin'?

Tens of thousands of people have descended on Tullamore County Offaly for day two of the Ploughing Championships.

The Irish Examiner ICMSA Farming Poll has brought to light the latest views and opinions on religion and the priesthood among the farming community, reports Noel Baker.

It was the day space age met planet ploughing on the tillage fields of Scraggan.

THIS morning, Ireland’s great harvest festival — the National Ploughing Championships — opens on an 800-acre site in Offaly. Described as Europe’s foremost outdoor event, last year’s record attendance of 281,000 is likely to be surpassed over the next three days.

The Gardaí have outlined seven routes to the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore this year which they hope will alleviate any traffic problems.

The 800-acre site for the three-day national ploughing championships, which begin at Ratheniska, Co Laois, tomorrow is ready to host Europe’s largest outdoor agricultural event.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny gave no sartorial hint as to what team he will be supporting in tomorrow’s All-Ireland hurling final replay.

Enda Kenny had one foot in the trenches as he ploughed ahead with plans for another austerity budget. He even had a go at linking the ploughing championships with next month’s spending cuts.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he is engaging with people at every opportunity about the future of the Seanad, but again dismissed calls for a TV debate ahead of the referendum vote next week.

One of the benefits of being an island in the Atlantic is that Ireland produces some of the best food in the world.

Barbara Scully headed to Laois for the ‘farmers’ festival’ and concluded that New York is easier to negotiate