Ploughing Championships 2015: Crouch, bind, set: Politicians line out for championships scrum

THERE were almost as many scrums at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska yesterday as there were during a game at the Rugby World Cup.

Politicians of all parties lined up to deliver their messages to the public on the pathways and in the media centre.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny, flanked by ministers Simon Coveney and Alan Kelly, and ministers of state Ann Phelan and Tom Hayes were out at 8am to announce a €30m investment package for rural towns and villages.