Larne

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Excellent demand for dairy cattle with prices to 3450gns at Ballymena Darryl Armitage

Jim Quail, Club President, Ian Davidson Snr and Brian McAuley, Club Chairman presented a cheque for £22,000 to Mary MacFarlane of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust at the Clubs AGM.

Auction organisers have thanked those who supported the event Ruth Rodgers

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Beef bullocks to £2649 for 920kg Charolais at Ballymena Darryl Armitage

Members of the Ballyclare and Larne groups while at a recent farm tour of Roger and Hillary Bells Farm in Kells.

Merry Christmas from the Larne Group By The Newsroom

The Northern Ireland Limousin Cattle Club are running an online charity auction this week to support the work of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and in memory of fellow breeder and friend Ian Davidson Jnr of the Ballyrickard Herd, Larne

NI Limousin Cattle Club online charity auction By The Newsroom

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Latest prices from Massereene sheep sale Ruth Rodgers

Livestock Markets

Market Reports Lambs sold to a top of £120 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Livestock Markets

Lambs selling to a top of £125 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Livestock Markets

Lambs selling to a top of £118 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Ballymena Livestock Mart

Dairy cattle selling to £3100 at Ballymena Darryl Armitage

Lambs selling to £115 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Lambs selling to £111 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Ballymena Mart

Beef bullocks selling to £2232 at Ballymena Darryl Armitage

Lambs selling to a top of £114 per head at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Tom Topping: Daughter tells how her world 'totally shattered' after shock death Gemma Murray

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News Man in his 70s dies in suspected farm accident Ruth Rodgers

Ian Davidson pictured at the autumn bull sales in Stirling in 2013.

Tribute paid following death of popular NI Limousin breeder Ian Davidson Joanne Knox

Farmer fined £500 for causing water pollution that led to fish kill Ruth Rodgers

Road closed after accident - motorists told to avoid area Ruth Rodgers

Ballymena Mart

Dairy cows selling to £2350 at Ballymena Darryl Armitage

Armoy Mart

Fantastic trade for cattle at Armoy Ruth Rodgers

Spring lambs sell to £143 at Massereene By The Newsroom

P&O ferry was adrift off coast of Larne for an hour and a half Joanne Knox

Lambs topping at £144 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

The suckler herd at the Hill Farm Centre delivers sustainable production

CAFRE Hill Farm has been integrating environmental and livestock since 1963 By The Newsroom

Prime lambs selling to £115.50 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Armoy Mart

Ram lambs selling to £620 at Armoy Darryl Armitage

Market Reports Heavy lambs selling from £100 to £110 at Massereene Darryl Armitage

Captain John Parkes of the Ulster Queen had an annual visitor to the bridge in July 1981 when Captain C Gull arrived to announce P&O Ferries sponsorship of the Ulster Automobile Club's Craigantlet Hill Climb which was to take place on August 1, 1981. Also pictured is Richard Parsons, Northern Ireland hill climb champion. Picture: News Letter archives

New Larne to Stranraer sailing (September 1961) Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes selling to £140 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Heavy lots selling from £100 to £111 per head at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Cast ewes continue to meet strong demand, prices to £144 at Massereene Mart Darryl Armmitage

Signage at Larne Port. The DUP has rejected claims it is whipping up tensions over Irish Sea trade in an effort to get Brexit's contentious Northern Ireland Protocol ditched. Physical inspections on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain, which are required under the protocol, have been suspended amid threats and intimidation of staff. Picture date: Wednesday February 3, 2021.

Committee publishes report into the withdrawal of DAERA and local authority staf... By The Newsroom

Cast ewes selling to £153 per head at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Larne grandfather fights his way back to fitness after gruelling cancer treatmen... By The Newsroom

Armoy Mart

Super Limousin heifer sells for £1,510 at Armoy Mart Darryl Armitage

Latest prices from the rings at Ballymena By The Newsroom

Sam Reaney’s mum Ruth said: “I didn’t realise how complicated it was until I started, I had contacted people and asked them to bring the ram in and they all said no, ‘there’s no way I’m going through that’. Everybody was saying the same thing that they don’t want to be involved because it is too much hassle.”

Teenage Dorset breeder one of the first to bring sheep in from GB By The Newsroom

Officebearers head the parade through Larne to a meeting in the Orange Hall in February 1982. Picture: News Letter archives

IN PICTURES: Looking back through the News Letter photograph archives (1982) Darryl Armitage

Anne Johnston and Martin McDowell, North of Ireland Family History Society and local historian David Hume at the launch of the project in 2019.

Unique DNA project outlined to Larne family history group By The Newsroom

Ballymena Mart

Dairy cows selling to £2450 at Ballymena Mart Darryl Armitage

Heavy lots selling from £130 to £136 per head at Massereene Mart Darryl Armitage

Henry and Clare

Lockdown love story as farmer finds a wife Una Culkin