{"id":609241,"date":"2026-08-30T12:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609241\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T12:58:28","slug":"gortahork-contractor-jamie-obrien-flies-donegal-flag-in-tg4s-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609241\/","title":{"rendered":"Gortahork contractor Jamie O\u2019Brien flies Donegal flag in TG4\u2019s Contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gortahork businessman Jamie O\u2019Brien will offer viewers a glimpse into his working life in the new season of TG4\u2019s Contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie, the owner of Jamie O\u2019Brien Plant Marine &amp; Agri, will feature in the third season of the observational documentary series when it begins on Thursday, 17th September 2026, at 9.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie provides an extensive range of services, including turf cutting, mulching, reseeding, site clearance, concreting and drainage work.<\/p>\n<p>His company also undertakes septic tank replacements, percolation work, kerbing, streets, footpaths, lawns and rockeries.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie combines his busy contracting operation with running his own cattle and sheep farm.<\/p>\n<p>Contractors is a seven-part series that follows eight agricultural contracting families and crews from Donegal, Armagh, Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Mayo and Wicklow over 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers will see the contractors tackle demanding workloads, machinery problems, unpredictable weather and tight deadlines while attempting to balance their businesses with family life.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish-language series also examines the challenges facing modern rural businesses, including shrinking margins, farm safety, climate change and the changing role of farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Contractors returns to TG4 on Thursday, 17th September 2026, at 9.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gortahork businessman Jamie O\u2019Brien will offer viewers a glimpse into his working life in the new season of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-609241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609241","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=609241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}