Category: Exhibitor News 2018

TV chef Catherine Fulvio, Olympic rowing duo The O’Donovan Brothers and architect Hugh Wallace team up with FBD Insurance to attend the National Ploughing Championships  

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  • Well known faces will offer tips and answer questions on topics such as health and wellbeing, home renovation and motor and travel

 

  • ‘Walk the Plank’ virtual reality game, Selfie Mirror and range of kiddie friendly events also taking place inFBD tent at the National Ploughing Championships

 

 

TV chef Catherine Fulvio, Olympic silver medalistsPaul and GaryO’Donovan and architect Hugh Wallace, star of RTE’s Home of the Year’, have teamed up with FBD Insurance, Ieland’s only indigenous insurer, to attend the 2018 National Ploughing Championships and offer tips and advice on topics such as health and wellbeing, home decoration and motor and travel.

 

FBD is one of the main sponsors of the National Ploughing Championships, taking place in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offlay from the 18th tothe 20th of September. Anyone attending is invited to the FBD tent to listen to Catherine, Paul, Gary and Hugh chat about their respective careers and answerquestions from the audience.

 

If you have a question for any of our well-known faces, or if you simply just want to see them in action, the schedule for the FBD tent at the National Ploughing Championships is as follows:

 

  • Tuesday 18 September – Catherine Fulviotravels all over Ireland, and further afield, for her role as a professional chef, so she will share her top tips and hints for driving andtraveling for businessor leisure. She will talk about how to ensure each and every journey you make is safe and enjoyable for everyone. She will also be giving advice for healthy eating on the road and how to keep children entertained on long journeys!

 

Catherine says:“I’m constantly on the road travelling all over the country from hosting a fundraising cookery demonstration to filming ‘Tastes Like Home’ and ‘Lords and Ladle’s or attending one of the many food festivals around the country. I will be giving lots of tips and hints for healthy eating on the road, especially if you have to travel a lot for work. I’m also very aware of safety when it comes to driving. Whether you are driving a car, motorbike, van or farming machinery, it’s imperative that all of us are aware of our impact on the roads, so I’ll be offering advice in this regard too. I’m really looking forward to meeting everyone at the FBD Insurance tent, so make sure to pop in and say hello!””

 

  • Wednesday 19 September – Paul and Gary O’Donovan, the Cork brothers who won silver for rowing in the 2016 Olympic games, will be chatting about their active lifestyles,the importance of exercise, eating right and minding your mental health. They will also be providing their tips on how to livethe healthiest life possible.

 

Paul and Gary O’Donovan say:“Our lifestyle is very focused on health and fitness – we wouldn’t have it any other way! We believe that it’s important to teach everyone about the importance of health and wellbeing. Heading to the National Ploughing Championships with FBD Insurance is a great opportunity to meet and encourage people, young and old, to get active and be the very best form of yourself.”

 

  • Thursday 20 September – Hugh Wallace, one of Ireland’s most respected architects and judge on RTÉ’s ‘Home of the Year’, will bring the audience through a journey of décor design tips to help improve the spaces we already live in, as well as advice on how to approach a renovation or extension.

 

Hugh says: “I’m really looking forward to the National Ploughing Championships. One of the topics I’ll be talking about is the restoration of farm buildings and the great experiences I’ve had on farms growing up. It’s a great national event and I’m delighted to be part of it with FBD Insurance.”

 

As well as Catherine, Gary, Paul and Hugh, the FBD tent at the National Ploughing Championships will also feature ahost of activities such as the ‘Walk The Plank’ virtual reality game which makes you feel like you are really walking a plank that is 80 stories high in the air! Will you or your kids be brave enough to walk to the very end of the plank……..? There’s only one way to find out!

 

We also have our very own Selfie Mirror in the FBD tent this year, so you and your family can get your photograph taken! Just pose and smile – and you will receive a wonderful souvenir photograph to take home to remind you of your great day at the 2018 National Ploughing Championships!

 

The 20 finalists of the recent FBD ‘Irish Summer’ photography competition will also be exhibited in the FBD tent, so come along and see the wonderful photography talent we have all over the country. The winner of the competition will be announced in the FBD tent on Thursday 20 September.

Activity-a-plenty at Irish Angus Producer Group Stand at 2018 National Ploughing Championships

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The Irish Angus Producer Group’s stand at this year’s National Ploughing Championships will feature an impressive display of elite Irish Angus cattle, exhibits from secondary school students taking part in the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition and appearances from leading broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan and Minister for European Affairs, Helen McEntee, TD, among others.

The stand will host six secondary school groups who are finalists in the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competitionalongside the Irish Angus calves which they will rear for 18 months as part of this unique initiative. The students will be presented with the passports for their calves by RTE’s Miriam O’Callaghan at a special event for family and friends on the evening of Wednesday 19th September. Following the event, the groups will take the animals home where they will rear them to slaughter in the Autumn of 2019, assisting in their Agricultural Science studies for the Leaving Cert.

This is the fifth year of the competition run by Irish Angus Producer Group in association with ABP and Kepak, which aims to encourage second level students to gain an understanding about the care and attention that is required to produce and market the highest quality beef for consumers.

This year organisers were delighted to increase the number of finalist schools from five to six to include a group from St. Ita’s School in Drogheda, Co. Louth, a school for children with learning difficulties, who demonstrated great excitement and enthusiasm for the project. The other schools include Roscommon Community College; St. Josephs Mercy Secondary School, Navan; Royal School Cavan; Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna and Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk. 

On the afternoon Thursday 20th September, Helen McEntee, TD, Minister for European Affairs will visit the stand to announce the details of the 2019 competition. The Minister will meet the groups taking part in this years competition and take part in a photo launch with students and competition organisers.

In addition, twenty of Ireland’s top Irish Angus cattle, including the champions from the Irish Angus All-Ireland competition at Strokestown Show and the Irish Angus Championship at Iverk Show will be on display.  The owners and breeders of these cattle, along with the Irish Angus Producer Group and their processing partners, ABP and Kepak will be on hand to offer advice and tips to farmers on the merits of Irish Angus and details of the guaranteed premium available to Irish Angus farmers. 

Equine

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We will be showcasing our Equine suite products and research on increasing milk yields in cows by 9% using a mobile lighting device. Dr. Barbara Murphy, CSO and Founder will be on site the 19th & 20th (Wednesday & Thursday) fielding questions about our ground-breaking research. 

Background Info:

Equilume, part of the Circadian Group, head quartered in County Kildare, Ireland, is the world leader in the development of science-based light therapy solutions designed to maximise health, growth and performance in horses. Leveraging the global success of its initial market offering, the Equilume Light Mask and Equilume Stable Light, the company’s R&D activities have seen it expand into the indoor and mobile lighting market for the dairy industry. 

Through Equilume’s experience in equine and understanding of the effects of light on animal performance, we aim to deliver innovative science-based lighting products across new animal sectors. These products will produce higher performing farms with much improved animal welfare, while creating a better environment for animals. 

Our continuing breakthrough research has now identified the precise threshold level of light delivered to a single eye to suppress the hormone melatonin levels in cows. Initial trails of the newly developed Bovine Light Mask have seen a 9% increase in milk yield and will offer a substantial improvement in production efficiency for pasture based dairy enterprises.

Brustibin

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“The only Irish produced Household Waste Segregation Bin, Brustibin,  will be exhibiting at this year’s National Ploughing Championships,

giving visitors an opportunity to see how easy waste segregation can be.

 

There has been extensive media coverage over the last twelve months regarding the proper segregation of waste, with waste

service providers stating that unless waste is properly segregated by the householders they may refuse to collect their waste,

and drive up waste collection charges.

 

Brustibin designed by Galwayman Michael Prendergast, and produced in Longford, offers a solution and  allows

householders to easily segregate their waste in their kitchen using one bin, which can accommodate Green, Brown and Grey waste.

 

Its unique patented design removes the hassles normally associated with waste segregation in the kitchen e.g smells, mixed waste,

multiple bins etc. in a simple easily maintained aesthetic  practical manner

 

Come to Brustibin’s stand to see for yourself how easy it is to segregate your waste and help the environment. And you

could have the opportunity to win not only a Brustibin but also a year’s supply of Brustibags (compostable 10 litre bin liners)

each day of the Championships.”