Large crowds came and enjoyed the fun and festivities at the Iverk Show last Saturday.
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The new Saturday Iverk Show again had a fantastic attendance with gate numbers up 10 per cent last weekend.
With lots more family attractions and music, plus the non-work day, the show seems to go from strength to strength.
The new garden section and expanded amount of food and trade stands meant that it was a sell out for traders.
The traditional horse jumping and cattle arenas still proved very popular.
The organisers reckon that there was a great turnout from all over the south eastern counties and further afield.
Minister for Children, Barry Andrews from Dublin, is now becoming a regular here with his young family. He was very impressed with the event on his second visit. The happy relaxed atmosphere at the Show really appealed to him.
Sean Kelly, Fine Gael MEP, opened the show. In his address he advocated a return to traditional hard working values that exist in the farming and rural community. He came from a farming background himself in Kerry and still has a home on a farm.
Farming could lead economic recovery and it was important that farmer interests were maintained in the forthcoming EU CAP negotiations, he stressed. Strong forces are lobbying against farmers, and Mr Kelly felt the Eurozone countries should have a different price support due to costs than non-Euro nations in the EU.
Sean, who is part of the Christian Democrat group, which is the largest in the European Parliament, added that newer member states wanted more cohesion fund money and less spent on farmer supports.
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