In what is likely to be one of the biggest farm sales of the year, Harty & Co Auctioneers in Dungarvan, Co Waterford are beginning the New Year with the announcement of the public auction in March of a 220-acre prime residential farm.

A friend of the pilot who was killed in an air crash on Saturday evening and who witnessed the aftermath said yesterday no one could have survived the impact, which occurred just minutes after take-off.