The last day of action in Screggan will see overcast conditions with scattered showers.
The final day of the National Ploughing Championships is taking place in Offaly today.
62,000 visitors have attended the Screggan site near Tullamore, with 225,500 in total heading to the Ploughing.
A Laois court is set to decide the future of a nursing home in the county tomorrow after a HIQA application to cancel or alter its license.
The health watchdog made the application earlier this week on the grounds lives and the welfare of residents at Droimnin Nursing Home in Portlaoise were at risk.
It follows the death of a woman in her 80s there in March this year, and a subsequent inspection April that saw the home fail eight out of nine areas of compliance.
While a TV expose in June then revealed multiple instances of malpractice at the Residence Nursing Home in Portlaoise.
Taoiseach Michael Martin says the State is looking at the issue and is entrusting officials to handle the Droimnín case:
Ireland's best brown bread baker has been crowned.
Maureen Igoe from County Mayo is going home from the Ploughing today with the top prize for her loaf.
She's won five thousand euro, an oven and bragging rights.
The champion baker tells us the best ways to eat her bread:
The importance of farm safety is being underlined at this year's event with 16 farm deaths already this year according to the Health Safety Authority.
That figure has already surpassed the 12 last year.
Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon says more needs to be done:
A winner will be crowned for the ploughing itself, along with a brown bread baking and welly throwing champion.
While many people come for the freebies, music and machinery, there are also some serious ploughing enthusiasts onsite:
People attending day three of the Ploughing are being warned to have raincoats at the ready.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather heavy rain is rolling in with a chance of further showers later, though most should stay north of the site.
Temperatures will climb to a mild 17-18°C.
The three-day event in County Offaly is expected to draw around a quarter of a million visitors.
He says Sunday is shaping up to be the best day of the weekend:
Chasing Abbey have been busy getting people on their feet at the Ashling Murphy Memorial Fund Tent:
As has Ashling Murphy's father Ray:
A new recruitment drive to hire Gardaí starts today.
Applications have opened this morning to join the service, with the campaign to focus on the 'positive impact' Gardaí have on communities.
The drive was first announced by the Justice Minister and Garda Commissioner on Tuesday at the National Ploughing Championships.
People will have the opportunity to hear from sports stars there today who have joined the force, about what its like to be a Garda.
Seán Patton works as a guard in Donegal, and also plays as goalie on the county team - he says a career in the force won't cost you your hobbies:
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association says the Mercosur trade deal can "decimate rural Ireland".
The association is making their opposition to the 50 billion euro trade deal their number one message at the National Ploughing Championships this week.
The deal will see hundreds of thousands of tonnes of beef imported into the EU from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Beef Chair of the ICSA, Tullamore's John Cleary says his members are being sold short by the European Union:
Presidential candidate Jim Gavin believes it's important Ireland's neutrality is protected.
However he says the President has no role in deciding the future of the triple lock system.
It comes as the Tanaiste Simon Harris calls for changes to legislation which would mean the Irish Defence Forces could be deployed with Dail and Government approval, without a mandate from the UN.
The former Dublin football manager who is campaigning at the National Ploughing Championships this week, says he'll consider the constitutionality of any proposal as President:
The scene in Screggan before the gates opened this morning:
Five groups of TY students from across the country are going home from the Ploughing today with new calves.
The groups won five calves each, after completing research projects in areas including sustainable farming and the use of technology on the farm.
They'll now raise their animals for the next 11 months, and walk away with a profit once they're sold.
Laois's William Delaney from Certified Irish Angus, says most of the students will take them home to their own farm:
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