Good weather draws sighs of relief and 60,000 revellers

ALARM clocks and wake-up telephone calls had people jumping out of their beds at dawn around Tullamore yesterday.

Instinctively, they rushed to their bedroom windows and anxiously peered out from behind the curtains to see what kind of day it was.

There was a huge sigh of relief, especially among the 32 members of Tullamore Show executive when they saw the weather was good.