The opening day of the Cork Summer Show has been cancelled, due to heavy rain.

High summer has always meant Cork Summer Show.

THE buzz is back in the Cork Summer Show, which was held at a new venue in Ballincollig over the weekend.

NOW in its 107th year at its present location, the Cork Summer Show starts at 11am on Saturday.

HORSE and cattle exhibitors from various parts of the country have always kept faith with the Cork Summer Show and they maintained that tradition at this year’s two-day event at Ballintemple Showgrounds over the weekend.

CORK City Council was cleared yesterday to proceed with the compulsory purchase of a massive swathe of prime land — including the key Showgrounds site — in the city’s docklands.