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A 25-year-old beef and sheep farmer from Ardrahan has been named this week as the Galway FBD Young Farmer of the Year.

The Macra na Feirme All-Ireland Volleyball final took place this past weekend in the Watershed sports complex in Kilkenny with the team from Callan Macra, Kilkenny, winning the title.

The results of the Macra na Feirme presidential and vice-presidential elections were announced in the Irish Farm Centre, Dublin on April 5.

The Mr Personality Festival takes place this weekend and one of the many contestants vying for the crown will be Galway city man Tom Kilkelly, who is hoping his “easy-going” nature, as well as his well-honed social skills, will be enough to win.

A new farming programme is to start on KCLR 96fm while the weekly business programme has also returned for the autumn series.

Waterford city plays host to 10 mouth-watering days of food-filled fun when the Waterford Harvest Festival rolls into town from September 10 to 19.

Two of Galway’s most active Macra clubs, Galway City Macra and Annach Cuain Macra in partnership with the Galway Greyhound stadium have come together to devise a fantastic free night’s entertainment at Galway Greyhound Stadium.

A Summer Quiz Night will take place tonight at 9pm in Bar Ritz, Castlebar in aid of Macra Na Feirme.

There are a large number of voluntary organisations around County Mayo and a new six-part documentary radio series entitled Volunteers at the Coal Face highlights the work being done by six groups who rely on volunteers to provide various services for people in the county. The new series will be broadcast on CRCFM (102.9 fm) with the programmes detailing the work being done by Mayo Mountain Rescue, No Name Clubs, RNLI, Order of Malta, Macra na Feirme and Vincent de Paul in bringing their respective services to the people of Mayo.

A team of local tractor enthusiasts traversed the country on a six day tour of the 26 counties earlier this month, raising an impressive €10,000 for charity.