Tullamore’s livestock focus
He is also due to take part in a forum and networking event for the livestock industry, chaired by MEUP Mairead McGuinness, on Saturday from 6pm to 9pm at the showgrounds in Tullamore.
And the Meat Village on Sunday will have trade stands from national and international meat processors Dunbia, Dawn Meats and ABP Ireland, offering interaction with suppliers and visitors.
Over 60,000 are expected to attend Ireland’s largest agriculture show, to see more than 1,000 competitions and 700 trade stands (up 27% from last year).
The competitions prize fund is €165,000, including 22 gold medals for the bovine breed champions.
In several competitions, qualifiers from shows around the country will take part in finals.
The only remaining option to enter competitions will be on Sunday, when entries will still be taken for show jumping, horticulture, cookery, crafts, art and photography.
The organisers have introduced online pre-purchase of admission tickets, which can printed off, or kept on your phone to be scanned at the entrance, thus avoiding the queues at the gates.
* All information on the show is available on the www.tullamoreshow.com website.
