Bleak outook for the fair day: care to help?

AS Ireland shifts from rural to urban, horse fairs are under threat.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2005 - 01:00

Animal rights lobbyists object on grounds of cruelty to animals. Ballinasloe fair green is being nibbled away, bit by bit. Smithfield horse market has been given the hard knock - it didn’t gel with nearby luxury flats. Kenmare shopkeepers object to traffic jams in the town on fair day.

Internationally, markets are now a rarity. In Ireland, drivers are no longer held up by the fair day when driving through small towns. In the US, farmers markets are now so rare as to have a novelty/tourist value.

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