'I am still paying for the tractor' - farmer believes his stolen tractor and grain trailer may have travelled over 100km on the night of the theft

Farmer believes the thieves who targeted his farm had prior knowledge of the area

Eoghan MacConnell

A Midland farmer believes his stolen tractor and grain trailer may have travelled over 100km to Co Clare on the night of the theft.

Rory Doyle’s 12LS 1137 registered red Massey Ferguson 6480 was stolen from a farm at The Rock, Mountmellick along with a red Broughan grain trailer with a rollover cover on the night of  Friday, January 12.