Ballyclare

BSCS President Norman Robson

Pedigree Simmental registrations up for the third consecutive year

Ballymena Mart

Marts: Steady trade for cattle at Ballymena Mart, beef bullocks selling to £2398

After a two year wait Ballyclare based trainer Harry Smyth was back in the winners enclosure at his favourite venue. (Pic: Freelance)

Ballyclare trainer Harry Smyth is the star of the show at Downpatrick

A surprise retirement party for Joyce in the Ballyclare Golf Club in June was attended by over 150 customers.

Group Focus: Busy year for Ballyclare

Enjoy free summer Sunday music in beautiful parks during July and August.

Enjoy free summer Sunday music in beautiful parks

Colleagues from a number of Asda stores came together to support the Cancer Fund for Children charity.

Asda colleagues unite to score for NI cancer charity

Asda colleagues from the Larne, Ballyclare, Downpatrick and Shore Road stores have taken part in a charity football match to help raise money for Cancer Fund for Children.

Asda teams raise funds for Daisy Lodge

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Marts: Bullocks selling to £2554 per head at Ballymena Mart

Armoy mart

Marts: Very sharp trade for sheep at Armoy Mart this week, breeding ewes to £282

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Marts: Beef cows selling to £1723 for 620kg at Ballymena Mart

A Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club sign

In pictures: Ballyeaston vintage tractor gathering

In this video we see Myles Williams and David Lyle, both members of the Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club showing how to cut wood using one of the old tractors. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Myles Williams and David Lyle cutting wood during the gathering at Ballyclare

It was an early start for vintage tractor enthusiasts from Ballyeaston and the surrounding areas for the Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club gathering which was held in the Square at Ballyclare as part of this year's May Fair in the Co Antrim town. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Watch: More from the Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club gathering

Pictured are Jody Wallace from Parkgate and Paul Sempey from Doagh who were attending the Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club gathering in the Square in Ballyclare. Picture: Darryl Armitage

In pictures: Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club gathering

Some of the fine tractors which turned up for the Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club gathering in the Square in Ballyclare. Picture: Darryl Armitage

Watch: Ballyeaston Vintage Tractor Club gathering at the Square at Ballyclare

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Marts: Excellent prices for cattle at Ballymena Mart, beef cows selling to £2285

Thursday 2nd May 2024: Beef cows - B McConville, Ballyward Limousin 780kg £2285 (293), F McMullan, Cushendall Limousin 710kg £1988 (280), R Baxter, Ballyclare Blonde d'Aquitaine 650kg £1755 (270), B McConville, Ballyward Limousin 770kg £1955 (254), A McGookin, Carrickfergus Limousin 650kg £1644 (253), J Duffin, Ballygally Blonde d'Aquitaine 580kg £1432 (247), E Donnelly, Ballycastle Charolais 810kg £1984 (245), B McConville, Ballyward Limousin 930kg £2278 (245), S McGookin, Carrickfergus Limousin 600kg £1452 (242), R Weatherup, Larne Simmental 680kg £1598 (235), R J McNeill, Glenarm Limousin 610kg £1427 (234), E Donnelly, Ballycastle Charolais 880kg £2059 (234) and M Farlow, Macosquin Simmental 640kg £1472 (230).

Darryl Armitage

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Latest sheep prices from Swatragh

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef bullocks selling to 305p twice for 840kg at £2562 at Ballymena Mart

A Ballyclare family are appealing to the public to helped them find their missing dog, Percy. Percy went missing from the Collin Road/Dunamoy area of Ballyclare in Co Antrim. Please share any information that you have, no matter how small. Contact Lost Paws NI on 02890406054. Picture: Percy's family

Can you help Percy return home? Much loved dog is missed very much by his family

Kilrea Mart

Super entry dairy stock at Kilrea Mart, top price of £1840

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Excellent prices for pedigree bulls at Ballymena Mart, top price of £5700

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Excellent prices for cattle at Ballymena Mart, bulls selling to £2600

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Bulls selling to a top price of £3600 for a Limousin at Ballymena Mart

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Co Antrim man in court on fishing offences

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Jewellery stolen in Co Antrim break-in

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Fat hoggets selling to a top price per head of £134 at Ballymena Mart

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Motorists urged to avoid road due to conditions

Two busy NI roads have been closed due to weather conditions.

By The Newsroom

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef bullocks to a top price of £2484 per head at Ballymena Mart

Chloe McClean jumping Sammy (1st 90cm Class). (Pic: Lyndon McKee Photography)

Cups, trophies and rosettes galore at Connell Hill Winter League

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Good entry of cattle at Ballymena Mart, calved heifers to £2650

Elizabeth ploughing in 1965 as part of this week's Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive clip Elizabeth Ploughs Her Own Course (1965). Picture: Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive

Watch: Elizabeth Ploughs Her Own Course (1965)

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Dairy cattle selling to £1750 for a calved heifer at Ballymena Mart

Armoy Mart

Steers selling to a top price of £1,490 at Armoy Mart, heifers to £1,450

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef bullocks selling to £2248 for 740kg at Ballymena Mart

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Friesian bull sells to £2900 at Ballymena Mart dairy sale

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Fire engine off the road after burglary

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Breeding bulls selling well at Ballymena Mart, prices to £3200

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef heifers selling £2151 at Ballymena Mart, beef cows to £1841

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef cows selling to 248p for a 780kg Charolais at £1736 at Ballymena Mart

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Suckler stock selling to £3300 for a Shorthorn cow with bull calf at Ballymena

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Charge relates to the death of a 52 -year-old man

Ballymena mart

All the prices from Ballymena

A batch of sheep from the flock

Rosehill Texel dispersal sale heads to Ballymena this Monday night

John Mackey. Image supplied by PSNI.

Police name 20-year-old man who died following quad bike accident

Kilrea Mart

Excellent prices for sucklers at Kilrea Mart, steers selling to £2580

A service user enjoys some Valentine's fun at Laurel View.

Social farming at Laurel View Equestrian Centre

Kilrea Mart

Steers selling to £2100 and heifers to £1580 at Kilrea Mart

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Top price of £2919 paid for 890kg Belgian Blue cow at Ballymena

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef bullocks selling to a top price of £2722 per head at Ballymena

Charlotte McKeown with some daffodils from the field of hope

Two projects to benefit from Ballyclare 'field of hope'

Armoy Mart

Steers selling to £1,840 for a 680kgs Charolais at Armoy

Pictured are (left) Liz Hamilton, Joan Cowan and (far right) Roy Murray, members of Comber Regeneration Community Partnership (CRCP), and Jim Burke, Director of Sales and Acquisitions from Hagan Homes.

NI homebuilder sponsors the 2023 Comber Farmers’ Market

Kilrea Mart

Pedigree Charolais bull sells for £2600 at Kilrea Mart

Second placed team – Scrambled Eggheads

Kells and Connor Young Farmers Club annual table quiz

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef bullocks selling to £2310 and beef heifers to £2104 at Ballymena