At the launch of the Falcon Forwarder at Reynella House in August, MEP Mairead McGuinness tried out the cab with Falcon inventors, Marcia Franklin and Darragh Hand.

Falcon wins innovation award at ploughing

 

A piece of farm equipment which was the brainchild of a group of seven farmers from Westmeath has won the overall innovation award at the National Ploughing Championships.

The Falcon Forwarder – which was specifically designed for use in Irish forestry plantations – was up against 79 other inventions, and was in July graded up to the 30-strong shortlist for the 2014 finals.

The Falcon was also winner of the Agri-Engineering award in the Startup Company category. Minister Richard Bruton, TD, announced the Enterprise Ireland Toplink.ie Innovation Arena award winners on the opening day of the Ploughing.