Meath farmer and Ear to the Ground presenter Darragh McCullough was among those wrapping up the harvest on Sunday morning when he got more than he bargained for.

After traversing the beach with his combine – an unusual journey in itself – the broadcaster met stragglers leaving an all-night rave.

The venue? A ruined old house in the centre of his crop of spring beans.

The partygoers were immediately instructed to leave the site. McCullough said: “They were all gone within 10 minutes with no hassle, and didn’t leave a scrap behind them. All Brazilians down from Dublin – God help me if they’d been Irish.”

I wonder how I would react to discovering a similar rave on my farm.

Fair play to McCullough for keeping his feet, as well as his ear to the ground on this occasion.

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