
Organisers of this year’s Christmas fair at Duckett’s Grove were overwhelmed by the number of people who attended the event. Callers complained about poor traffic management at the site and were frustrated by parking chaos and long queues. John Masterson interviews Declan Alcock who attended, Madeleine Forrest, who runs the Duckett’s Grove Tearooms, and CEO of Carlow Tourism ,Eileen O’Rourke, about what happened.