‘All of Ireland’ turns out for show

THERE is no sweeter scent to the nostrils of country people than the smell of freshly cut grass in fields drenched with warm sunshine.

And so it was at Ireland’s premier show in Tullamore, Co Offaly, yesterday as well over 60,000 people sniffed the warm breeze and were overawed by the sheer scale of the event.

Parents pushed young children about in buggies and the champagne weather turned the site into Costa del Tulla.