
Sergeant John McCormack from Thurlesgarda station spoke to the Irish Farmers Journal while at a farm safety event in Gurteen College on Monday.
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Mark your property with a number that’s unique to you and keep a note of it in case it goes missing, gardaí advise farmers.
Norman Dunne along with his father, Michael, run a 400ac tillage farm in Co Kildare and have been running an ‘honesty box’ style system outside their farm to sell potatoes and eggs.
Gardaí in Thurles have advised farmers to put up hunting cameras if they have bales in fields or isolated areas.