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''We Cancelled it Ourselves, We Had No Government Directive''

The Ploughing Trade Exhibition and World Contest, due to take place in Co Laois this September, h...

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13.13 14 May 2021


''We Cancelled it Ourselves, We Had No Government Directive''


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13.13 14 May 2021


The Ploughing Trade Exhibition and World Contest, due to take place in Co Laois this September, has been cancelled due to a lack of clarity over Covid-19 restrictions.

This will be the second year in a row it will not take place.

Anna-Marie McHugh, Assistant Managing Director at the National Ploughing Association, joined Andrea to discuss why it has been cancelled. 

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