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14 MIDLAND FARMER<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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ogy,” said John. “The chaps coming behind me<br />
are more modernised with the electronic side<br />
of stuff, I wouldn’t have a notion.”<br />
“Every generation takes on a new angle or a<br />
new part of the progression within the industry.”<br />
John’s wife Monica was responsible for this<br />
aspect of the businesses before she passed<br />
away in 2015.<br />
“She took care of the paperwork. She liaised<br />
with the farmers on difficulties and problems.<br />
If problems would arise she would take care of<br />
that,” said John.<br />
During the difficult time of Monica’s passing,<br />
the family received support from their<br />
community including Ballyfore GAA who<br />
John said were “very helpful”.<br />
J&M&Son remains very much a family business<br />
and this is something Michael Jr is proud<br />
of.<br />
“My lad there is 5 years old and he comes<br />
with me in the truck sometimes. We were with<br />
a farmer one day who said my son was the<br />
fourth generation of Costelloe to be in that<br />
farm collecting animals.”<br />
“It’s nice to hear that you've been providing a<br />
good service for so long and that there are four<br />
generations of Costelloe’s doing it.”<br />
Michael Jr said his kids, five-year old JJ and<br />
three-year old Conor, are free to decide their<br />
own future but expressed hope that the business<br />
will be operating for years to come.<br />
“I want them to do what they want to do.<br />
Hopefully the business will still be here. It’s<br />
been going for the guts of 40 years and hopefully<br />
it’ll go for 40 more if they want to do it.”<br />
While J&M&Son can approach the future<br />
with confidence, the industry is something<br />
that John feels needs to be reassessed.<br />
“We would like to feel with people becoming<br />
more environmentally friendly that they could<br />
move away from plastics and synthetic material<br />
to go back to leather.”<br />
“Personally I feel people should take stock<br />
and look at what they’re actually wearing and<br />
using.”<br />
“There’s a natural product which is being<br />
discarded,” said John, who thinks people are<br />
spending too much money on synthetic materials<br />
which are then discarded.<br />
“People need to realise that there’s a natural<br />
product that can be and should be utilised. A<br />
natural product which there is a very small<br />
value on at the moment. We need to get back to<br />
using natural materials.”<br />
“It’s a natural product that’s being undervalued,”<br />
he concluded.<br />
Máire Flynn, Key Administrator for Costelloe’s<br />
LITTLE HELPERS: Third Generation Conor and JJ Costelloe<br />
Best wishes John Costelloe and Family<br />
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