The 85th annual National Ploughing Championships is taking place in Co. Offaly over the next three days.
Up to 300-hundred-thousand are expected to attend the event in Screggan near Tullamore.
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15-hundred exhibitors are taking part in the event which runs from today until Thursday – gates open at 9 o'clock.
Motorists are being urged to obey stewards and the Garda traffic management plan, and to not use a Sat Nav when approaching the site.
Inspector John Lawless, has this message for those travelling on the M8 from the Cork and Munster areas:
