No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

There is or should that be was? Murphy’s in Kerry are closed with a couple of years. It’s a pity as they made good trailers.

True. If I was moving big cattle regularly I wouldn't have bought one. They have a tendency to spread with big bullocks or bulls. But for sheep and putting cattle in it 6 or 8 times a year they are lighter pulled and as you say better finished.

I didn’t know that a licence was required to manufacture/fit decks on a trailer.

I think it was something to do with the overall weight of the trailer.

All publicly sold trailers have to have their design certified in fairly minute detail. It's a slow and expensive process >€100k if I remember correctly.

That's why no manufacturer will make specific customer modifications to their design for any customer.

I know almost nothing about Aerlite, we don't see lots of them around here but I hear they're good.

Test being read this afternoon. Pull-ups started letting water in earlier so I’ll have to source a pair before then. Rain has been awful here all morning.

This will possibly be an unpopular opinion but I disagree with using slurry as a means of protest. Slurry isn’t something to be thrown around public spaces where it must flow and be washed into water drainage and spread pollution To me this act borders the lads burning busses and the luas and that’s not a good look

It’s quoted as being French protest against farm taxes

i tried to link the tweet but boards blocked me doing that, hadn’t noticed that before

I’ve been through French farmers motorway blockade before. They are well organised indeed.

just the whole slurry/dung thing I wouldn’t support at all. That does nothing, you can be damn sure the politicians they are protecting through won’t he cleaning it up, just ordinary working folks like themselves.

Was just on Twitter there and this “space time ” thing was suggested, some sort of a live chat

holy crap such a load of auld right wing rubbish I’d never heard the likes of. Saying that if the next election doesn’t go their way then the fifth commandment is out the window at protests, all guards are corrupt etc etc, And of course they’re taking part at the Farmers Alliance Twitter account.

Did any of ye watch Shane MacGowan's funeral cortege and Mass at St. Mary of the Rosary church in Nenagh. I told OH the other day that I was taking this afternoon off.

I thought that the PP was a little startled but in fairness he kept the religious aspect to the fore.

Broke a spring in our own Ivor William trailer last week and haven’t fixed yet and got a loan of a friend’s new tri axle Nugent trailer to move sheep, super trailer with sheep decks easy to put in place and ewes load a lot easier that the Ivor trailer, well made and easy pulled. This is his second one and moves a lot of stock with it from marts and to the factory and says it’s way a head of the Ivor.

IW have one great advantage over other trailers they are a good bit lighter. I bought a new 10X5 nearly a year ago now. It's a super trailer. The previouone I had was nearly 15 years old. They are also excellent to hold there value.

White being lighter compromises them one way they are definitely easier to tow. The new 10X5 has larger wheels and hubs which makes it easier tow even in and out of field's

I was at it. Very long but well managed. Poor Johnny Depp tried to sneak out the side and 50 girls started screaming and running towards him with their phones. Good crowd out afterwards last night!

Could anyone go into the church or was it reserved for invited guests?

Michael D must have been there early, he got a good seat.

Took some organising and went off very well, very moving in places.