Today (Tuesday, January 29)
AgriLand spoke with some of the local farmers who would have been attending the mart on a weekly basis to get their opinion on the current situation.
Local beef and dairy farmer Aileen McGahan explained:
“A lot of people, including myself, were shocked to hear it because at their last sale before Christmas there was no talk of it closing.
We only live 4km away from the mart and my father has driven a world of cattle to sales over the years. It will be a massive loss to the people of Cootehill town with the jobs it had created.
Additional reporting by Michael Carey
Station Road Mart in Cootehill, Co. Cavan has ceased operations, its management has said.
A statement from the management said: “Jimmy O’Reilly and Carmel O’Reilly, the directors of Station Road Mart Ltd, wish to announce that as of and from January 15 [last Friday] the company will not be operating the mart premises at Stations Road, Cootehill, Co. Cavan.
“The directors of Station Road Mart Ltd wish to express their profound gratitude to all their loyal customers, staff and suppliers. The directors further wish to state that Station Road Mart Ltd is and always has been solvent.”
January 7, 2021 6:20 am
The fifth annual Texel Twilight sale took place at Station Road Mart, in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on Tuesday, December 29. It saw some of the highest averages achieved for this sale to date, with an extremely high clearance rate and vendors going home very happy.
Leading the way was Pat and Barry Farrell from the Oberstown flock who had a great night achieving nine out of the top 10 prices.
Lot number four, a Knap Arthur Daly hogget, sired by the €6,700 Tamnamoney Denzil and carrying triplets, sold to Martin McGuinness from the Kilcurry flock for the sale’s top price of €2,850.
SHARING OPTIONS:
One of the Belgian Blue heifers entered for the Jalex on-farm sale of 50 in-calf heifers on Saturday 2 January 2021 at 1pm.
Farming never stops and neither does the
Irish Farmers Journal livestock team.
Numerous sales are planned over the festive period, from Antrim to Carlow, Leitrim, Cavan and Tipperary, and the livestock team will be ringside all across the country over the next seven to 10 days.
It’s been a bumper back-end for pedigree and breeding sales, with records smashed at several breeding centres over the last two months.
Christmas Belles in Carrick-on-Shannon - 28 December
Ronan Gallagher, owner the Enniscrone pedigree Texel flock, and Jimmy Garrivan, owner of the Clew Bay pedigree Texel flock, have built up a really successful Christmas sale in recent years.