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The death of Martin Condon - the driving force behind the hugely successful Main Ford Dealership Cavanaghs of Charleville - last week evoked widespread regret in Charleville and in the wider region of North Cork and South Limerick.

The death of Martin Condon - the driving force behind the hugely successful Main Ford Dealership Cavanaghs of Charleville - last week evoked widespread regret in Charleville and in the wider region of North Cork and South Limerick.

I have a few pastimes, but one of my favourites is trying to elicit a reaction from farmers about the various grants and schemes that exist.

I was biting my nails as I watched the RTÉ Investigates documentary. It showed some serious breaches of protocol and regulations concerning calf welfare, focusing on export in particular.

Being on call for a large animal vet during the summer is usually a handy number, driving at your leisure around the countryside with lots of time for a cup of coffee or even a sneaky 99.

Rain dances were danced, prayers were said and Child of Prague statues were taken in and hidden at the back of the wardrobe.

Spores can also enter the body from injection sites or cuts that the animal may receive and multiply rapidly to cause sudden death

The TV was on in the background last night while I was trying to catch up on some admin on the laptop.

As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the jeep, parked beside a cattle crush at the end of a quiet, grassy lane. I’m waiting for the farmer to bring my next patient to be examined.

I drove on to a farm one day last week and pulled up in front of the nearest shed. When I got out, it was eerily quiet. There wasn’t an animal, or a person to be seen.