‘In those Celtic Tiger years I was the only one in my minor hurling team who wanted to be a full-time farmer’
This Waterford farmer explains why he only ever had eyes on one career, how he tripled the size of the dairy herd on his family farm, how he added a thriving dairy-to-beef enterprise and how he makes sure he is finished up at 5.30 every day for ‘family time’
Focus on smaller details: Steven Fitzgerald and his father Richard on their dairy farm near Aglish, west Waterford. Photos: Tirlán
Martin Ryan
Steven Fitzgerald always wanted to be a farmer. He was never going to go into any other career.
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