Farm machinery show in Co Kildare draws attendance of nearly 15,000

DESPITE snow, ice and the credit crunch, nearly 15,000 people attended the three-day farm machinery show at Punchestown Event Centre in Co Kildare last week.

The figure of 14,832 was only just short of the attendance at the previous event in 2007.

Show committee chairman Simon Cross said the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association, organisers of the event, was delighted so many farmers and contractors attended.