DECLAN and Joe Miley of Knockcroghery, Co Roscommon can lay claim to being the country’s top sheep breeders after showing the champions of both the Suffolk and Belclare breeds last Sunday at the National Livestock Show in Tullamore.

IRISH livestock breeders are ready for the new farming era, said Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association president, John Deegan, at last Sunday’s AIB National Livestock Show in Tullamore.