Wednesday’s attendance was a record-breaking 115,000 – the biggest in the 91-year history of the Ploughing. And that was only the politicians. Not really. It only felt like that.
Before the Taoiseach was airlifted from the competition grounds he underwent a brief procedure to have local TD and Minister of State Sean Fleming surgically removed from his shoulder. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times “There is a definite love-bombing and charm offensive going on now – something we haven’t experienced before. It’s like the farming community is the next link in the chain. We were giving away ICMSA bags and snoods but I don’t think she took any.”
And as a consolation for not usually getting any notice, we realised that MEPs get nice customised jackets instead with their names, their party and its group affiliation in Europe embroidered into the fabric. Fine Gael’s Colm Markey had all his details on it along with the slogan “No Farmers. No Food. No Future.”
It felt like the Tánaiste, calm at the epicentre of the scrum, was going to talk forever. This may have been because Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill were making a speech in the nearby Sinn Féin tent at the same time.
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