Ballyholey Farm event 'Dig Your Dinner'

The Herron family heads for the fields. Visitors were given the opportunity to go to the fields to source their own vegetables to bring home and cook. \ Clive Wasson

Monet Borland gathering carrots. \ Clive Wasson

John Graham with daughter Carrie. \ Clive Wasson

Oscar and Peter Lynch digging fresh veg. \ Clive Wasson

Clare Shannaghan from Waterford picking tomatoes. \ Clive Wasson

Alex Coulter at Ballyholey Farm 'Dig Your Dinner'. \ Clive Wasson

Land levelling ground before reseeding near Templedery, Co Tipperary

Tadhg Fogarty and Matt Tierney, driving for Joe Fogarty Agri, land levelling ground before reseeding near Templedery, Co Tipperary. / Donal O’Leary

Bonniconlon Agricultural Show, Ballina, Co Mayo

Social dancing at the Bonniconlon Agricultural Show, Ballina, Co Mayo. \ Michael McLaughlin

Lilly Berry McLaughlin jumping with 'Frankie'. \ Michael McLaughlin

Erica and Ollie Walsh from Tubbercurry, Sligo. \ Michael McLaughlin

Niall Murphy, poultry judge, judging the geese. \ Michael Mc Laughlin

Nigel Wood from Crossmolina who came second in the young handlers' class with his Charolais bull calf called Prince. \ Michael McLaughlin

Henry Judge from Tramore, Sligo, with pedigree bull Dexter, son of the smallest cow in the world. \ Michael McLaughlin

Patrick and Jack Conlon from Bonniconlon, winners of the Langan Perpetual cup, for their Suffolk ewe lamb. \ Michael McLaughlin

9 hour Irish lamb shearing record broken

Stanley Allingham sets a new nine-hour Irish lamb shearing record in Milltown, Co Cavan, on Sunday shearing 708 lambs. \ Lorraine Teevan

Last Friday's sale at Roscrea Mart

Eamonn Scully had a busy day in the ring at Roscrea Mart. / Donal O'Leary

Donal Delahunty from Donaghmore, Co Laois, brought his daughters Úna and Bláthnaid along. / Donal O'Leary

Margaret and Brian O'Carroll from Ballintemple, Cloughjordan, looking on. / Donal O'Leary

Ringside during the bullock sales. / Donal O'Leary

Ringside during the bullock sales. / Donal O'Leary

Fragmented farm means a 1km cattle walk to and from the parlour for Paul King

Dairy farmer Paul King from Ballynacally, Co Clare, has to walk his cattle one kilometre to and from the parlour along local roads due to his farm being fragmented. / Philip Doyle

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