A cow on a farm in Co Tyrone has equalled a world record after giving birth to five calves.
The farmer, Noel Moore, whose farm is near the village of Killen, said he had never seen anything like it in over 50 years of farming.
He spoke on RTÉ’s Today with David McCullagh about his surprise when the five calves were born.
“I went out to milk on Saturday, 3 January. I checked the cow when I went out to see and I knew by her that she was sick of calving,” he said.
“I went on to milk then, came back and checked her again and she still had done nothing. So I phoned the vet to come out to see if there was anything wrong.
“The vet came out and stuck her hand in…