Place: The Ploughing

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Case histories highlight adult literacy difficulties

THE problems confronting people with literacy difficulties were highlighted at the ploughing championships through the case histories of two men.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2008

Record turnout as Plough Queen keeps it in the family

A RECORD 208,000 people attended the three-day National Ploughing Championships which were held in glorious weather conditions at Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2008

Sargent’s postcard campaign little more than PR exercise, says Labour

A ROW has broken out between the Green party and the Labour party over misleading food labelling. The Greens launched a campaign at the national ploughing championships to stamp out the practice.

Wed, 24 Sep, 2008

Young bucks make a beeline for Calendar girls

NOTHING like it had been seen at The Ploughing since a pair of lively cattle, of the male and female species, exchanged knowing glances across a grassy knoll at Crecora, Co Limerick, back in 1991.

Wed, 26 Sep, 2007