THE WEXFORD Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (WSPCA) and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) have condemned the use of sheep as entertainment' in a local bar. Barbara Bent of the WSPCA ...

During the eight-hour session in November 2024, Yass Valley’s Nikki Lyons sheared 395 lambs – one lamb every 72.3 seconds – ...

UP TO 2,500 sheep will lose their winter coats (fleeces) at the National Sheep Shearing Championships in Portlaoise, Co Laois, on June 5th-6th, which will be attended by up to 20,000 people. The ...

Over 20,000 people are expected to descend on Mountbellew Mart in Co Galway over the weekend, as this year's All-Ireland and All-Nations Sheep Shearing Championships kicked off. Competitors from New ...

THE only sound emanating from Millstreet in May will be the whizzing of clippers as it goes over the backs and under the bellies of 3,000 sheep. The slogan 'have sheep - will shear' will apply to the ...

Women have made up almost half of the students on a sheep shearing course held to encourage more young people to become qualified shearers. The basic training - one of four levels new shearers can ...

NEW Zealand shearer Laura Bradley created shearing history when she reached the open shearing final at the recent Wairarapa Spring Shears...Read More ...

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Crowds flock to Borris in County Carlow to see the skills of the top sheep shearers in Ireland. An increase in the national sheep flock in recent years means that more sheep need to be sheared. In ...

FORMER shearer and dedicated industry mental health advocate Carol Mudford has won the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award in its ...

The winners of the All Ireland senior sheep shearing title over the past fifty years will be honoured at this year’s Clik national championships at Buffer's Alley GAA club in Monamolin, Gorey, Co ...