{"id":409475,"date":"2026-04-21T05:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409475\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:12:10","slug":"the-mart-is-about-more-than-cattle-its-a-social-lifeline-for-rural-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409475\/","title":{"rendered":"The mart is about more than cattle \u2013 it\u2019s a social lifeline for Rural Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Ciara Ryan, the new manager of Mid-Tip Mart, is adamant that online selling will never fully replace traditional ringside attendance\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Newly appointed manager of Mid-Tipp Mart, Ciara Ryan. Photos: John D Kelly Photography\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/910af3e0-f0e5-4a3d-9c46-45c3f8a47251.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Newly appointed manager of Mid-Tipp Mart, Ciara Ryan. Photos: John D Kelly Photography<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Ciara Ryan, a sheep and suckler farmer and the newly appointed manager of Mid-Tip Mart, says marts are \u201cmuch more than a place to buy and sell cattle\u201d, with many people still placing real value on the tradition of attending in person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">She describes marts as \u201cvital social hubs\u201d in rural communities, offering people a chance to meet, chat and stay connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ciara Ryan, the new manager of Mid-Tip Mart, is adamant that online selling will never fully replace traditional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52079,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-409475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-catherina-cunnane","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}