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Limerick contractor moves to 20-tonne 250hp Komatsu loader

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Noel Duggan, from Duggan Agri Contractors in Limerick to see how his Komatsu WA380-8 has performed during its first season.

FARM MACHINERY 1 April 2026

Limerick contractor moves to 20-tonne 250hp Komatsu loader

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Young Stock Podcast: from Botswana to Ballinrobe to pursue a career with McHale

Young Stock Podcast: from Botswana to Ballinrobe to pursue a career with McHale

NEWS 4 February 2026

Ploughing machinery highlights

Ploughing machinery highlights

NEWS 17 September 2025

McHale to debut new flagship R80-90 twin-rotor rake

McHale to debut new flagship R80-90 twin-rotor rake

McHale to debut new flagship R80-90 twin-rotor rake

NEWS 10 September 2025

McHale to launch new generation of V6 variable chamber balers

McHale to launch new generation of V6 variable chamber balers

McHale to launch new generation of V6 variable chamber balers

NEWS 10 September 2025

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McHale Plant Sales to showcase latest mulchers and plant machinery

McHale Plant Sales to showcase latest mulchers and plant machinery

Komatsu's latest PC220LC-12 excavator will make its Irish debut at the Ploughing alongside which McHale Plant Sales will showcase the brand's WA380-8 wheel loader and mulchers from Prinoth.

FARM MACHINERY 16 April 2025

McHale adds option of TerraDrive axle to Fusion 4 Plus

McHale adds option of TerraDrive axle to Fusion 4 Plus

The TerraDrive option upgrades the standard main axle to a hydraulic-driven axle.

NEWS 16 April 2025

New compact Komatsu loader now available in Ireland

New compact Komatsu loader now available in Ireland

Following its recent launch, McHale Plant Sales has said the new 10-tonne, 128hp Komatsu WA170M-11 compact wheel loader is now available in Ireland.

NEWS 16 April 2025

Korea promising for Irish food, but not a great place for farming

Korea promising for Irish food, but not a great place for farming

Korean farmers are greying, leaving the industry and struggling to continue to be the important political lobby that they were, writes Ian Lahiffe.

OPINION 16 April 2025

CQMS construction machinery show returns to Tullamore this June

CQMS construction machinery show returns to Tullamore this June

The CQMS (Construction and Quarrying Machinery Show) show is set to return to Molloys Quarry, Tinnycross, Tullamore, Co Offaly on Friday and Saturday 13 and 14 June.

NEWS 16 April 2025

SIP rake is the ‘Star’ of the show for Dublin contractor

SIP rake is the ‘Star’ of the show for Dublin contractor

Having almost doubled baler output when his first SIP twin rotor rake arrived, Gary Abbott caught up with farmer and contractor Pat Flynn to find out why he chose the Slovenian solution.

CONTRACTING 16 April 2025

McHale 10-rotor tedder working well for midland’s farmer

McHale 10-rotor tedder working well for midland’s farmer

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Padraic Murphy, a midlands dairy farmer who has two seasons completed with one of the first McHale T10-1260 10-rotor trailed tedders sold in Ireland.

FARM MACHINERY 16 April 2025

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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