In pictures: National Ploughing Championships 2025 - all the fun from day one
The National Ploughing Championships 2025 is up and running - with more than 300,000 people expected through the gates in the coming days.Screggan, Co Offaly, is the place to be for all things rural as the three-day event puts the country's agriculture sector in the spotlight.President Michael D Higgins, for the last time as president, opened the ploughing championships at midday - with many of his potential successors there to press the flesh.Check out our photogallery for all the action from day one - for more see our live blog
