Summer show organisers rearing to go for post-Covid comeback

The Ploughing, Bloom and the Cork Summer Show are among a host of events gearing up for life after the pandemic

Georgina Hynes of Aherla with her award-winning Jersey at the Cork Summer Show in 2018. This year's show is scheduled for June 18-19. Picture: Clare Keogh

The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions has given a long-awaited kickstart to the organisers of agricultural shows, part of rural life for 200 years.

Most of these annual events were not staged during the past two years because of the pandemic or were partially held in a virtual format.