Publicans fear big top will take race week custom

A HOTEL in Galway has been given the green light to develop a 3,500-capacity carnival in the docks for the latter half of next week’s races festival.

Hotel Meyrick in Eyre Square has been granted permission for the carnival on a site it owns in the docks area which hosted the Volvo Ocean Race a couple of years ago.

A big top tent will be erected on the site, which can accommodate 2,000 people for concerts, with capacity for a further 1,500 on the site.