Stephen has managed Mohill mart for over seven years now and will continue to manage the mart along with taking on the new role of Ballymote mart manager.

Being a Ballymote local, Stephen is looking forward to building up the business in the coming years.

He acknowledges that competition has lead to much reduced numbers of marts around the country but thinks that Ballymote has a stronghold in Sligo and feels that the mart can gain market share in the future.

He said that in the past seven years he has gained substantial experience in his role as mart manager at Mohill mart, he acknowledged that managing both marts will increase his workload substantially but is looking forward to the challenge.

He succeeds Tom Jordan as mart manager in Ballymote.

Tom will continue as assistant mart manager to Michael Murphy at the co-ops largest mart in Balla along with an involvement in Ballinrobe mart.

Part of Tom’s new role is ensuring that the co-op is compliant with new

regulatory guidelines and as a result he will be involved across the entire Aurivo Marts network.