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LIVE: Our reporter searches out the fashion and fun (and some news) from this year's Ploughing

Huge crowds are being drawn to Europe’s largest outdoor exhibition and agricultural trade show in Stradbally.

LIVE: Our reporter searches out the fashion and fun (and some news) from this year's Ploughing

Wed, 24 Sep, 2014 - 01:00

Denise O’Donoghue

The 2014 National Ploughing Championships are taking place in Co Laois.

Follow our live updates from this intrinsic part of Irish rural life here.

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