Record price of €5,200 recorded at All-Star Texel in-lamb ewe sale
Records were broken at the All-Star Texel in-lamb ewe sale on Saturday last at Blessington Mart, which saw a top price of €5,200 paid out for a twin-bearing ewe and an overall sale clearance rate of 90%.
Lot 61, bred by Anthony Donnelly, was bought by Brian Connelly, from Tuam in Co. Galway, for the record-smashing price – of €5,200.
This record-breaking in-lamb ewe is a daughter of Garngour Bladerunner and out of a Knock Ursus ewe. She was sold scanned carrying twins and is due to lamb in February. Donnelly also sold two more full sisters of this ewe for €3,000 and €1,600 respectively.
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US Army Fires, Suspends 14 Fort Hood Soldiers After Investigation Into Sexual Assault, Suicides, Murder
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The Army has fired or suspended 14 officers and soldiers to combat a rash of fatalities at Fort Hood
Fort Hood has been under administrative scrutiny for a while, but this is the first major personnel action it s seen
Army policy was also clarified to ensure that soldiers who go missing are searched for rather than just branded absent without leave
Army officials have announced 14 firings and suspensions at Fort Hood following a rash of incidents that killed 25 soldiers. Also introduced were policies intended to reduce the delay between a person going missing and the start of an investigation, the Associated Press reported.