Kingdom’s challengers for national glory
The declaration of the team of 21 competitors who will be endeavouring to bring further national titles back to The Kingdom at the National Ploughing Championships which commence at Screggan in County Offaly on Tuesday includes a large contingent of previous winners and the contestants travel with warm optimism that several more trophies can be captured this year.
The team has considerable experience with multiple title-winners such as Michael O’Halloran, Derek O’Driscoll, Moss Trant, Donal Tydings, John Healy, Colm Dineen and the Donegans from Causeway in the ranks.
Aeneas Horan is another contestant over several years with four titles to his credit and it is he that holds the honour of captaining the Kerry challengers this year. He points out that there are also several younger members this year, including Ryan Wharton from Killarney and Molly Donegan from Causeway whose first tilts at the Championships these will be.
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National Dairy Council launch School Milk Day
To honour World School Milk Day on Wednesday, September 30th, the National Dairy Council has established a live webinar to provide information to young people of the benefits of having milk in their daily diets.
The occasion is held on the last day of September each year, having first taken place 26 years ago as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s annual programme.
This year, the double Olympic rowing champion Paul O’Donovan and NDC Nutritionist Aoife Burns join presenter John Sharpson to tell the students about why they regard milk as a vital part of their diets.
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