Sheep 2025 returns to Teagasc Mellows Campus, Athenry, for the first time in five years after a sabbatical to Gurteen College in 2023. Figures reported in the latest Department of Agriculture annual sheep and goat census show over 60% of the national flock located along the western seaboard, making the venue a central location for a high percentage of sheep farmers. A good roads network with the event located just off the M6 motorway in Athenry also means the venue is readily accessible to farmers right across the country. Farmers travelling from the Dublin direction can make the trip in two hours while it is a little over two hours from Kilkenny and Cavan and an hour from Limerick.