Johnny Butterly

Johnny Butterly, married to Rosaleen with four sons, runs a tillage and beef farm in Togher, Co. Louth. Johnny has formerly been an active member of IFA serving on 3 national commodity committees, Chairman of Louth executive of IFA for four…

Tim O’Leary

Dairy Farmer, currently a member of the General Committee of Dairygold and member of Cork Co-operative Marts regional committee and is the IFA representative on the Cork City Council Strategic and Economic Development and Planning Strategic…

Peter Baker

Peter Baker, his wife Sarah and their children; Julie, Holly and Sam are the proud residents of Cloughjordan House today. Over the past decade or more, they have transformed Cloughjordan House from a dairy farm into a magical destination with…

Padraig Walshe

A Dairy Farmer from Durrow, Co Laois, the late Padraig Washe was awarded a Nuffield Scholar in 1996. He was Chairman of the Irish Scholars from 2004-2006.  Up to his death in February 2023, he chaired Farmer Business Developments plc and continued…

Jim McCarthy

Arable farmer whose early business growth was on all rented land. From the late 1990’s diversified, thanks to his Nuffield Scholarship into large scale land ownership projects through attracting corporate investment. Has led large scale investment…