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A THIRD candidate has entered the race to replace Pádraig Walshe as president of the 85,000-strong Irish Farmers Association (IFA). Mr Walshe finishes his four-year term in January.

Richard Kennedy, the current chairman of the organisation’s dairy committee, from Clarina, Co Limerick, has declared his intention to contest the race for the top position.