Feirm factor returns to tg4

As Ireland’s most successful homegrown reality series it’s no surprise the IFTA nominated show is returning for its fifth series on TG4. This year Feirm Factor adds one more element as the entire family will be involved.

Each year Feirm Factor has turned up the heat, expanded and grown, putting Ireland’s top farmers under the ultimate farming test, to find the countries’ top farmer.

This year, it’s a family affair, where family teams of four will compete against each other to take home a cash prize of €20,000. It features eight of Ireland’s top farming families, with team members hailing from Cork, Kerry, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway, Dublin and Kildare, all hoping to be crowned Ireland’s top farming family.

The families need to be at the top of their game to impress the three judges, the ever tough dairy farmer and veteran Feirm Factor judge, Corkman Seán Ó Lionaird, and new recruits, veterinary surgeon Peadar Ó Scanaill from Ashbourne, and organic enthusiast and former presenter of Garraí Glás, Connemara woman Síle Nic Chonaonaigh.

On hand to offer words of encouragement to our farmers is glamorous new presenter, Síle Ní Bhraonáin.

In addition to being an entertainment series, Feirm Factor champions Irish farming, and the skills and knowledge needed to be a top farmer today. We gain a valuable insight into what it means to these farming families to be farming in Ireland today, where there are no days off, there is no sick leave, and it’s no 9 – 5.

These families are required to always be on the go, never stopping and constantly dealing with an assortment of trials and situations throughout their week. It is these trials and situations that Feirm Factor pays homage to and gives the viewer at home a look into the daily routine and challenges of the farmyard.

With tasks ranging from tractor obstacle courses to dosing cattle, guessing crossbreeds of animals to grueling quizzes, herding sheep and building fences, there was no task left undone. These families need the right mix of knowledge and experience, skill and tenacity.

‘Clann Feirm Factor’ runs for seven weeks from Sunday 11th January at 8.30pm on TG4

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