This year’s National Ploughing Championship has been postponed due to the recent restrictions imposed on Donegal after a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Assistant managing director of the event Anna Marie McHugh had warned that the event could be postponed if Donegal was locked down due to the number of competitors from that county.

The annual event, which sees thousands of visitors every year, had already been severely scaled back to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.

The postponement will be a further blow to the agricultural community.

However, Anna Marie has remained upbeat about the return of a full-scale Ploughing over four days next year, providing that restrictions will not be in place.

Additional reporting by Katriona Kinsella.