The Dealer heard of a party in Wicklow lately to celebrate the grand opening of a new milking parlour.

What better way to christen a new 30-unit, double-up machine than to crack open a few bottles of bubbly?

I’m not sure whether the ship-naming custom of having a lady sponsor cut the ribbon was copied in this new tradition.

But I’m sure the cows have given it their usual christening at this stage.