Sales in Portumna Co-Operative Livestock Mart in Co Galway have been cancelled this week. The mart was due to hold a calf and weanling sale on Monday evening 28 April and a cattle sale on Wednesday 30 April but issued correspondence to customers on Monday morning informing them that the sales were cancelled.

A spokesperson for the mart said: “There will be no sales held this week in the mart but we hope to be back up and running in a week or two."