Upcoming agri events.

Upcoming agri events.

Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture, Tom Hayes, says that €12bn is to be invested in the agri-food sector in Ireland by 2020 to promote growth in the industry.

A decommissioned rocket, Robocop, music incorporating a live data feed from the 32m radio telescope at the National Space Centre.

THIS year’s Charleville Agricultural Show, the 33rd, is set to be better than ever, with a programme that really has something for everyone, whatever their age. The show grounds have been developed too, with new roadways laid and ample extended car parking, so getting there and getting around will never have been easier.

MOVE over Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and make way for other adventurous types who are now using lawn mowers in a less costly form of the sport.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD won the Maverick All-Ireland junior pedigree cow class at Charleville Agricultural Show for father and son exhibitors John and Gary Hurley, Clonpaddin, Arklow, Co Wicklow.

THE late Joe Clarke would have been pleased that some of the finest cattle in the country were being shown and judged at Charleville Agricultural Show just as he was being laid to rest in Limerick on Saturday.