New Zealand's Ambassador to Ireland, Trevor Mallard, is to attend the All-Ireland Sheep Shearing and wool-handling Championship taking place in Mountbellew this weekend
The event is expected to attract 25 thousand international and Irish visitors and will be of significant economic value to the county
One of the organisers Paul Connaughton, former Junior Minister for Agriculture, says it will be as big as the ploughing championships
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