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Kilkenny’s Patrick Walton takes the Mr Personality Crown

A stalwart of the Macra calendar, the festival continues to celebrate confidence, character and the diverse talents of members from across the country.

NEWS 15 April 2026

Kilkenny’s Patrick Walton takes the Mr Personality Crown

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Tipperary farmer to become new ifac chair

Tipperary farmer to become new ifac chair

NEWS 15 April 2026

Time is ticking for fuel supports to help young farmers - Macra

Time is ticking for fuel supports to help young farmers - Macra

NEWS 13 April 2026

New energy as Macra clubs grow nationwide

New energy as Macra clubs grow nationwide

New energy as Macra clubs grow nationwide

NEWS 8 April 2026

Honouring the past and celebrating the future

Honouring the past and celebrating the future

Honouring the past and celebrating the future

NEWS 1 April 2026

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Love, laughter, and a whole lot of craic!

Love, laughter, and a whole lot of craic!

Friendship and fun filled Gallonray House on Saturday, 28 February 2026, as members of Three Parishes and Maudabawn Macra came together to host their unforgettable Mock Wedding.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Waterford to Spain: Macra represents rural youth

Waterford to Spain: Macra represents rural youth

Louis Power, a member Kilmacthomas Macra in Waterford, recently travelled to Spain to represent Macra at Rural Youth Europe’s Rural Youth Forward Conference.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Unstoppable women driving progress

Unstoppable women driving progress

Macra and the ASA marked International Women’s Day with its third annual lunch, themed Unstoppable: Women Driving Progress, held on Thursday 5 March at Lyrath Estate in Co Kilkenny.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Macra urges Government to ease pressure of rising energy costs on young people

Macra urges Government to ease pressure of rising energy costs on young people

“To support young people in living and working in rural Ireland, we need the Government to ease fuel taxes for the duration of the ongoing conflict,” according to Macra president Josephine O’Neill.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Macra debating talent shines on national stage

Macra debating talent shines on national stage

Two highly topical motions and a packed room of supporters set the scene for an engaging evening at Macra’s National Debating Finals.

NEWS 25 February 2026

My Farming Week: Gary Murphy, Knoxtown, Clonroche, Co Wexford

My Farming Week: Gary Murphy, Knoxtown, Clonroche, Co Wexford

Gary Murphy runs a spring-calving Holstein Friesian dairy farm in Knoxtown, Clonroche, Co Wexford.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Teagasc Ballyhaise tops the class at Macra Ag Colleges Challenge Day

Teagasc Ballyhaise tops the class at Macra Ag Colleges Challenge Day

Teagasc Ballyhaise secured overall victory at the 2026 Macra & Teagasc Ag Colleges Challenge Day, held on Wednesday, 11 February at Teagasc Ballyhaise, Co Cavan.

NEWS 25 February 2026

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Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

James O’Reilly is a tillage farmer based in north Kilkenny, near a village called Ballyragget.

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

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