#Ploughing16: Rain or hail, attendees plough on regardless

Lashing rain led to the Brolly Brigade swinging into action at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan yesterday.

Thousands flocked to the event in the morning when the weather was dry but the forecast was for a band of rain spreading from the west later in the day. And it didn’t disappoint.

The rain started just before Taoiseach Enda Kenny held a media doorstep beneath a canopy outside the National Ploughing Association headquarters.