‘Ann epitomises quality of farm women’

DAIRY farmer Ann Moore, of Ballyspillane, Co Cork, has won the highly regarded COPA European Innovation Prize for Women Farmers.

A member of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Ms Moore was awarded the prize for her energy and commitment to the family farm after her husband fell ill with multiple sclerosis.

The Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations (COPA) is the European farmers’ union, to which the IFA is the Irish affiliate.