A sobering discussion on the prevalence of drugs in rural Ireland took place at the Irish Farmers Journal stand on the opening day of the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan.

Retired farmer Jim Finn, who chairs the Mid West Region Drug and Alcohol Forum joined Jacqueline Hogge on stage, alongside Siobhan Maher, National Project Manager of DRIVE - the national agency to support those experience drug related intimidation or violence and Detective Superintendent Sé McCormack from the National Drug and Organised Crime bureau, to discuss the reality of drug use and abuse in the farming community.

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