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Irish Rural Link — the national organisation campaigning for sustainable rural communities — will present Carlow, Kilkenny, and South Tipperary Ring a Link with a National Rural Award at IRL’s annual conference in Co Waterford this week.

Thousands of Westmeath’s consumers are making last minute preparations for their Christmas shopping. With this in mind, Agri Aware has launched a consumer campaign encouraging the public to source local Irish produce and support over 250,000 people employed in the agri-food industry.

As the final count down begins, there is one visit which will make any Christmas complete - a visit to The Kilkenny Farmer’s Market!

As we have all painfully observed over recent weeks the consequences when large scale food production goes wrong can be disastrous. We cannot survive without these big companies, however it is well worth while supporting small local producers. During 2008 we saw the birth of some great farmers’ markets in Claregalway, Moycullen, and Oranmore. As a regular in the Oranmore Market, I have seen the build-up of regular customers and it is now part of many people’s weekly shopping.