The National Ploughing Association (NPA), the company that runs the Ploughing Championships, is to raise its admission fees from 2021.

The price for an adult will rise from €20 to €25, in order to “make up the shortfall between income and the cost of running the event,” an NPA spokesperson said.

“It’s something the NPA has been looking at doing for the last number of years, to match rising costs.”