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With just over two weeks remaining to the start of the Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival - the oldest horse fair in Europe - the search is now on to select the 2010 Queen of the Fair.

With just over two weeks to go to the start of the Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival, the search is now on to select the 2010 Carlton Shearwater Hotel Queen of the Fair.

The programme of events for the 2010 Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival was officially launched by mayor of Ballinasloe, Cllr Pat O’Sullivan, at a special reception hosted by the Carlton Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe on Monday night.

More than 85,000 people are expected to attend the 300-year-old Ballinasloe October Fair and Festival which kicks off on Saturday October 2.

With just over seven weeks to go to the start of the Ballinasloe October Fair 2010, the committee are pleased to announce that for a third year running the Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe will be coming onboard as the key sponsor of the nine day event. Since the opening of the major hotel in Ballinasloe, the Carlton Hotel Group and their management have been behind the fair one hundred percent.

The search has begun in Ballinasloe for a new Queen of the Fair ahead of the Ballinasloe October Fair, which takes place from October 4 to 12.

The Carlton Shearwater Hotel Queen of the Ballinasloe Fair will be crowned tomorrow night in the Carlton Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe.