Ladybowers Unique steals the spotlight at Doune and Dunblane Show as breeders face fierce competition across beef and sheep rings.

The Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) open day was held today on the Greenan's family dairy farm in Crosshugh, Co. Monaghan.

Tom Downey runs a dairy farm near Golden in south Co. Tipperary, where he milks 300 crossbred cows on a 101ha milking platform.