Place: Kilmallock mart

Cattle mart report: Macroom’s charity event demonstrates true meaning of the season

Macroom mart really shone on Saturday. From the sale of a horse to the sale of cattle, from celebrity auctioneering to face painting.

Thu, 15 Dec, 2016

Cattle marts report: Small beef farmer is the fall guy as buyers focus on large animals

As you well know at this stage, I’m a glass half full man, rather than a glass half empty. Indeed so long as I have any drink at all, I’m happy.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2016

Denis Lehane: Speed trap put a stop to my gallop

“I feel the need,” said Tom Cruise in the film Top Gun, and he flying aeroplanes like the devil, not to mention getting up to all kinds of mischief with Kelly McGillis.

Thu, 24 Mar, 2016

Trade remains strong at Bandon Mart despite foul weather

I went to Bandon mart on Monday as it really was a day fit for nothing else. A day for the high stool or the mart.

Thu, 19 Nov, 2015

Cattle marts report: Winners few and far between in beef farming and the new National Lottery

I see the National Lottery have added two more balls to the drum, thus making the likelihood of me ever playing the lottery game all the more remote.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Cattle marts report: Cattle numbers hold solid, prices are steady and bargain calves are as rare as hen’s teeth

Ever the optimist, I went to Dungarvan mart on Monday in search of a few cheap calves. But alas for me, I arrived too late.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2015

Cattle marts report: Good times for sellers but tough for buyers as every Friesian in the ring exceeds €2/kg

I had big plans for heading to Dungarvan mart on Monday. It has been a few weeks since I’ve touched down at the Waterford mart.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2015

Cattle marts report: Strong prices for dairy stock point to post-quota confidence in the milk sector

Everyone was busy in Corrin mart on Tuesday. It was a big mart with big prices, with 2,000 cattle and calves on offer.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

Cattle marts report: Weather change cools trade for store cattle but price fall tempts new set of buyers

Many businesses closed up on Tuesday — although some of the Tuesday marts went ahead as usual, including Kanturk.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015

‘Embarrassed’ Limerick fans point finger at board after latest debacle

Disappointment, dismay, that was the prevailing feeling in Limerick with the news of the shock resignation of joint senior hurling manager Donal O’Grady.

Tue, 22 Apr, 2014

Five quizzed as gardaí seize €20k worth of fireworks

Five men from the Mullingar area have been questioned by gardaí following the confiscation of fireworks worth an estimated €20,000 from vans parked near Kilmallock mart.

Wed, 30 Oct, 2013

Better prices for lucky Hereford sellers

Calf prices are even higher at selected marts for lucky sellers of Hereford calves.

Thu, 12 Apr, 2012

€3,400 for Kilmallock baby beef

MARTS: A top price of €3,400 was paid for an outstanding Charolais bullock, winner of the overall reserve Championship of the Show at the Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale at Kilmallock Mart, County Limerick.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2005

Over 1,000 DVDs seized in raid

MORE than 1,000 DVDs have been seized by gardaí in County Limerick in a crackdown on counterfeit goods.

Wed, 04 May, 2005

More than €800 paid for heifer calf

Marts: Some exceptional prices were paid for calves by farmers in an “outstanding trade” at Kanturk Mart yesterday where over €800 for a five-week-old heifer calf may have established a new record.

Wed, 21 Apr, 2004