Fianna Fáil Senator and Co-President of the ALDE Party, Timmy Dooley, has called for the cancellation of the 67th World Ploughing Championship due to take place in Russia on 13th and 14th August 2022.
Senator Dooley said, “I’m calling on General Secretary of the World Ploughing Organisation, Anna Marie McHugh, to ensure the World Ploughing Championship due to take place in Russia this summer moves to a more appropriate host country.
“Given the indefensible and increasingly aggressive military invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the World Ploughing Championship due to take place there this summer must not go ahead.
“People are disgusted at the actions of Vladimir Putin, who is a thug and unhinged dictator, and the Russian Government. I have been in contact with the farming community across Ireland and they are adamant that the World Ploughing Championships cannot be associated with the aggression and terror of the Russian State.”