Sunshine brings out large crowds at first day of Ballinasloe Fair

Galway Bay fm newsroom - The sunshine has brought out large crowds to the Square in Ballinasloe as the nine day great October Fair and Festival gets underway

80 thousand people are expected in Ballinasloe over the next nine days injecting an estimated 8 million euro into the local economy

The equine events are being held this weekend and next weekend when traffic is expected to be at its heaviest