'Very difficult decision' - Major Mayo agricultural show cancelled 

Swinford Agricultural Show has announced that this year's show, scheduled to take place this weekend - Sunday, August 25, has been cancelled.

In a statement, the show said: "It is with great regret that Swinford Agricultural Show has made the very difficult decision to cancel this year's show - in the interest of health and safety as a result of the quantity of rain that has fallen since Sunday and the unfavourable forecast for the next few days." 

They remarked that 177mm of rain has fallen in Swinford this month, 76mm in the last seven days alone.

The show added: "Everyone that has entries in the show to date will be contacted by the committee and full refunds will be issued.

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our hard-working committee and volunteers who have done so much work for this year's show. We would also like to thank our sponsors.

"Thank you for your continued support. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused."