The Crafts Trade Fair showcases products made in Ireland often with locally sourced materials.
Over seven hundred buyers from Europe, the United States, Canada will attend the eighth National Crafts Fair at the RDS (Royal Dublin Society).
Organised by Coras Tráchtála (The Irish Export Board), this three day event shows the best of Irish craftsmanship. As one producer explains, all her materials are sourced locally and her knitwear comes,
Straight from our own sheep...and the dyes are collected from lichens.
There will be a significant number of overseas buyers in attendance, as Frank Sutton from the Crafts Council of Ireland explains, the export market is primarily confined to,
Textiles, knitwear, pottery.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 17 January 1984. The reporter is Don Cockburn.
