Mid-Tipp Thurles Mart hosted its general cattle sale last Monday attracting over 900 cattle.
These were mostly made up of younger cattle suitable for grass, with heavier cattle getting in short supply due to continued factory demand. This demand was highlighted by a clearance rate of 93% across all the sections.
Speaking after the sale, mart manager Martin Ryan said: “There was a real spring trade for grass cattle. The vast majority of these were a year to 14 months old, last year’s calves. We had buyers from all over the country that really had the light cattle flying.
This 15-month-old Limousin heifer weighed 495kg and sold for €1,160 (€2.34/kg).
Up in smoke? Plans for fire training centre in Limerick town in doubt as alternative site is sought
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Limerick City and County Council hopes to get another site in Kilmallock for a €5m fire training centre );
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THERE was white smoke, of sorts, over the proposed €5m national fire training centre for Kilmallock Business Park at the latest local area meeting.
The council is to now to seek expressions of interest from food production companies to set up in the park and look for an alternative site for the fire training centre.
It was a hot topic late last year. The original Part 8 planning application for phase 1 of the fire training centre in Kilmallock Business Park was rejected by a majority of councillors at a special meeting in October. Cllr Mike Donegan said the original date for the Part 8 to have been decided was September 17, 2020.
BAE Systems Acquires Pulse Power and Measurement Limited
Pulse Power and Measurement Limited (PPM) and BAE Systems have announced that BAE Systems has acquired PPM, an independent developer and manufacturer of high-end electronics.
PPM’s technology has the potential to increase the speed and ease of sharing large volumes of data over a network, giving users greater ability to exploit that data. As volumes of data grow, this ability is crucial to give military and security customers an information advantage.
Based in Shrivenham with approximately 60 employees, PPM specialises in the design and manufacture of a wide range of radio frequency (RF) over fibre systems, which allow radio frequency signals to be transmitted over fibre optic cables. The company also provides bespoke systems for the renewable power industry and electrification of automotive and aerospace vehicles.
Scariff man’s work to air on RTÉ TV
March 4, 2021
THE WORK of a Scariff man will be aired on the national broadcaster from Friday evening, as part of The People’s Angelus, which is screened daily at 6pm on RTÉ One.
James Treacy, a photographer and videographer, made the piece along with his former lecturer, Martin Ryan. The short film was made at Kilmallock Mart in County Limerick and aims to reflect the rhythm of agricultural life and what the mart has come to mean, over the decades, to the fabric of farming life.
“It took me three days shooting to get the film right,” James said. “The indoor scenes had to be shot three times because to get them just right. We had about two hours of footage to choose from in the end. When we thought we had the film 100% complete, the director in RTÉ wanted us to have the gate in the auction ring fully closed at the end of the video and we hadn’t footage to match that so we had to film this last piece again.”
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Marty Ryan, who retired in 2009 after 30 years as an athletic director, first in Wells and later in Kennebunk, died Friday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer, file
Marty Ryan of Wells, a longtime southern Maine athletic director and influential advocate for interscholastic athletics statewide, died on Friday. He was 73.
The Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, which Ryan served as executive director for 32 years, confirmed his death, as did his son, Tim.
Marty Ryan at his induction into the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Hall of Fame in 2011
Photo courtesy of Tim Ryan
Beyond his work in statewide interscholastic sports, Ryan was athletic director for high school sports in Wells and Kennebunk for a combined 29 years, and was named Athletic Director of the Year in 2005 by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.