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Wed 09 Sep 2008Agriculture key to global challenges, says Tánaiste
OPENING DAY:AN ESTIMATED 70,000 people attended the opening day of the National Ploughing Championships in Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny in blazing sunshine on the giant 600-acre site.
Yesterday saw Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan and Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny visit the site and the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture, Michelle Gildernew. Also on site was Minister of State for Food Trevor Sargent.
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