Organisers couldn’t have asked for a better 25th birthday celebration for the big midlands agricultural show.

Europe needs to see the full global context to any debate on balancing sustainable farming and food production issues, said Ireland East MEP Mairéad McGuinness.

THE quality on view in the AIB National Livestock Show at Tullamore last Sunday raised the dampened spirits of agri-business leaders as the country's leading agri-show was hit by heavy rain.