A traffic problem at New Ross in September was just one of the factors in the National Ploughing Championships move to a midlands venue for 2013.

The IHFA Open Day takes place on Wednesday June 20 on the farm of Tom and Maura Murphy at Swiftsheath, Jenkinstown, Co. Kilkenny.

The main Kilkenny to Ballyraggett road has been closed off this afternoon.