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Image shows Katie Larkin at the National Ploughing Championships 2025

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One of the big hits at this year's National Ploughing Championships is 'Tigh TikTok', where the social platform is hosting a range of Irish businesses and #FarmTok creators.

National Ploughing Championships • 4 hrs

Image is a collage of pictures of children at the National Ploughing Championships 2025

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The National Ploughing Championships are under way in Screggan, Co Offaly, with 300,000 people set to attend over the next three days.

National Ploughing Championships • 12 hrs

A tractor parked beside a marquee at the launch of the National Ploughing Championships.

National Ploughing Championships launched in Co Offaly

The countdown is on for the return of Europe's largest outdoor event involving prize-winning animals, millions of euro worth of high-tech farm machinery and the smell of fresh brown bread.

Leinster • 25 Aug

AIB customers spent a total of €529,000 on cosmetics on one day alone - September 10 - as Debs season gets underway

Ploughing Championships and Debs season boosts spending

The latest AIB Spend Trend report shows that September saw three of the biggest selling days of the year for tourism and exhibits - September 16, 17 and 18 - as thousands attended the National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska, Co Laois

Business • 11 Oct 24

Professor Frank O'Mara, Teagasc Director; Marina Donohoe, Head of Research and Innovation at Enterprise Ireland; Peter Burke Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Professor Kate Robson Brown, UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation & Impact

15 people selected for FAST-IP to drive agri innovation

15 participants have been selected from about 200 applications for a new specialist food and agriculture entrepreneurship programme at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering in partnership with Teagasc.

Business • 19 Sep 24

Kieran Supple, Reap Interactive, standing beside his performance monitoring station, BovinePlus

BovinePlus wins innovation award at the Ploughing

Reap Interactive has been named as 'Start-Up Innovator of the Year' in Enterprise Ireland's Innovation Arena Awards at the National Ploughing Championships.

Business • 18 Sep 24

Many scams are centred around vehicles like camper vans and tractors

Fraudsters targeting farmers with fake machinery sales

Bank of Ireland has warned that fraudsters are targeting farmers with fake machinery sales.

Business • 17 Sep 24

Cotter Agritech in the Machinery Yard of the Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships

Agri-tech finalists at EI's Innovation Arena

Nine Irish agri innovators have been named as finalists in this year's Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards, and will participate in a live competition at the National Ploughing Championships today.

Business • 17 Sep 24

The Agri-Tech firms bringing efficiencies to farming

The products and services of Irish Agri-Tech companies are helping to bring greater efficiencies to farming.

Business • 23 Sep 23

The National Ploughing Championships are taking place in Ratheniska in Co Laois

Grassmax named winner of EI Innovation Arena Awards

The world's first temperate climate grassland management tool, GrassMax, has been named as the overall winner at this year's Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards.

Business • 20 Sep 23

Crowds braving the weather at Ratheniska earlier today

Rain fails to dampen spirits at Ploughing Championships

President Michael D Higgins has officially opened this year's National Ploughing Championships in Co Laois, one of the biggest shows of its kind in Europe.

Leinster • 19 Sep 23

The National Ploughing Championships will return to Ratheniska this year (File pic: RollingNews.ie)

Ploughing approached by Govt over housing refugees

The National Ploughing Association has been approached by the Government to accommodate Ukrainian refugees once this year's three-day National Ploughing Championships is complete.

Ireland • 05 Sep 23

The Ploughing Champions takes place in Ratheniska in Co Laois from September 19 to 21 this year

Local Enterprise Village at Ploughing Championships

Over 30 small businesses from across the country will get a chance to sell and promote themselves to crowds of almost 300,000 as part of the Local Enterprise Village at this year's National Ploughing Championships.

Business • 14 Aug 23

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said the Government would hold some resources back as they do not know how long the energy crisis would last

Farmers to be included in energy measures - Tánaiste

Amid the cost of living crisis, many Irish companies have been coming up with new ways to help cut costs and increase efficiency on farms.

Business • 21 Sep 22

115,500 people came through the gates today according to the organisers (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

New attendance record set at Ploughing Championships

A new attendance record has been set at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska in Co Laois.

Ireland • 21 Sep 22

Inflation and CAP a cause of worry at The Ploughing

The ploughing championships has typically allowed farmers and rural people to come together and relax, but this year may well be tinged with worry, writes Joe Mag Raollaigh.

Ireland • 20 Sep 22

The Dunne family from Rathangan made history in 2019 when they took home three all-Ireland ploughing titles and this year brothers Denis, Brian and Kieran will all be competing in different categories (Credit: Alf Harvey)

Family to defend titles at Ploughing Championships

When it comes to ploughing, practice makes perfect and as the competitions get under way at the All-Ireland ploughing championships in Co Laois, one family from Co Kildare will be eyeing up the top prizes once again.

Ireland • 20 Sep 22

FRS Farm Relief to recruit over 300 new farm workers

Over 300 new farm workers are to be recruited over the next year by FRS Farm Relief.

Business • 20 Sep 22

The National Ploughing Championships start tomorrow (RollingNews.ie)

National Ploughing Championships traffic plan announced

An Garda Síochána has announced its traffic management plan for the National Ploughing Championships, where more than 80,000 people are expected to attend on each of its three days.

Leinster • 19 Sep 22

Ploughing Championships set for return to Ratheniska

The National Ploughing Championships will return to Ratheniska, Co Laois in two weeks as it is held for the first time since 2019 due to the pandemic.

Regional • 06 Sep 22

The National Ploughing Championships have not taken place for two years

Ploughing association recorded €1.25m losses

The company that operates the National Ploughing Championships recorded combined losses of €1.25m during two pandemic hit years when the event was cancelled.

Business • 15 Aug 22

Ratheniska also hosted the championship for three years from 2013 to 2015

Laois set to host 2021 National Ploughing Championships

The organisers of the National Ploughing Championships have said they plan to stage next year's event in Co Laois.

Ireland • 17 Sep 20

The main event was set to attract 350 competitors to Ballintrane, Co Carlow

Next month's national ploughing competitions cancelled

National ploughing matches and competitions scheduled to take place next month with no spectators have been cancelled.

Ireland • 28 Aug 20

Ploughing event could be held 'behind closed gates'

The competition element of the National Ploughing Championships could take place "behind closed gates" in August, subject to public health guidelines, according to Anna May McHugh.

Coronavirus • 25 Apr 20

InTouchGo and HeatCalving.com are just two of the tech start-ups which aim to help farmers boost production

AgTech start-ups big feature at Ploughing Championships

Agricultural technology continues to unlock data for farmers to help boost production.

Business • 17 Sep 19