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Festival

All time
vigo
300 injured after promenade collapses at Spanish music festival
13 Aug 2018
21.6k
4
catherine mcgrath
Ireland's answer to Taylor Swift just released her first album, and Elton John is a huge fan
27 Jul 2018
9.0k
0
Building Bridges
Leo Varadkar becomes first Taoiseach to visit Orange Order HQ in Belfast
8 Jun 2018
27.4k
62
musictown
Dublin is to turn into Musictown this month - here are the highlights
15 Apr 2018
14.6k
5
cuirt literary festival
Galway City to turn into literary hub this April
1 Apr 2018
11.8k
9
mountains to sea
Writers to descend on Dun Laoghaire for a literary festival with bite
19 Mar 2018
11.6k
5
nice to be nice
In Limerick this week, it will be all about showing kindness to your fellow man
11 Mar 2018
12.2k
6
Drug use
Pill testing kits, chill-out rooms and free water: How to reduce harm from taking drugs in nightclubs
25 Oct 2017
11.6k
38
new year's festival
Dublin New Year's Eve Festival: Aerial acrobats, a live concert and the Spire beaming into space
23 Oct 2017
14.4k
39
Roll with it
Liam Gallagher gig at Kildare airport gets go-ahead over objections of residents
18 Oct 2017
21.5k
30
bestival
Woman found dead at Bestival is daughter of Coronation Street actor John Michie
11 Sep 2017
67.9k
40
Nevada
Man dies after running into Burning Man festival flames
4 Sep 2017
27.7k
29
Stradbally
PHOTOS: Tens of thousands flock to Laois for Electric Picnic
2 Sep 2017
32.5k
16
The Daily Poll
Poll: Have you left your tent behind after a festival?
1 Sep 2017
17.0k
36
electric feel
Wellies? Check. Tickets? Check. But should I bring shorts? All you need to know about Electric Picnic
1 Sep 2017
13.6k
11
Religious Festival
Three days of mourning in Madeira after falling tree kills 13 people
16 Aug 2017
11.6k
53
Festival
Every mistake you make when attending a festival
17 Jul 2017
8.3k
7
Fermanagh
Controversial cockfight plans were a publicity stunt that got out of hand
5 Jul 2017
13.0k
9
Festivals
A cappella and piano maestros: July in Dublin is going to be amazing for music
1 Jul 2017
10.2k
2
yulin
'We always manage to have enough dogs': Notorious dog meat festival gets underway in China
25 Jun 2017
22.5k
50
body and soul
Leave your tent behind at festivals? Here's why you shouldn't
4 Jun 2017
50.0k
41
Rock am Ring
German rock festival resumes after 'terrorist threat' proves false
3 Jun 2017
8.9k
26
dylan man
That iconic photo of Michael D at Slane has been turned into a class illustration
18 May 2017
10.9k
poetry as healing
'I think people understanding that they aren't alone in their torment has a healing element to it'
Shane Koyczan.
14 May 2017
926
6
fyre festival
A Ja Rule-organised festival promised music and models on the beach, instead it turned into chaos
30 Apr 2017
56.8k
47
Germany
Love Parade organisers to face trial over stampede deaths
24 Apr 2017
16.2k
ewe bet
Roscommon locals crowdfund to get life-size sheep sculpture ready in time for festival
22 Apr 2017
13.2k
29
heritage walks
Ireland's pilgrim paths: 'They're the great leveller - you could be Bill Gates or unemployed'
26 Mar 2017
15.3k
12
cruinniú na cásca
A new cultural festival will reach every county in Ireland this Easter Monday
24 Mar 2017
11.7k
16
echoland
A spy novel set in Dublin during the 1940s Emergency chosen as this year's One City One Book
22 Mar 2017
10.6k
7
Going Green
Behind the St Patrick's Day parade: 'You walk in with tears in your eyes - they are so dedicated'
12 Mar 2017
8.4k
10
home of st patrick
This festival wants to show a totally new side to St Patrick
12 Feb 2017
11.5k
16
f festival
This female-fronted arts festival will be taking over venues across Dublin next month
3 Feb 2017
3.0k
4
All Welcome
Rose of Tralee festival says it has not banned transgender women from entering
2 Feb 2017
16.3k
82
best of 2016
Here were our best gigs, books, TV shows and films of 2016 - what were yours?
26 Dec 2016
13.9k
6
nyf
Here's what's going to be happening in Dublin to celebrate the New Year
6 Dec 2016
16.5k
14
follow the weirder
Upside-down world of Macnas to take over Dublin this evening
31 Oct 2016
24.7k
4
Theft
Electric Picnic revellers urged to look out for rare camper van stolen ahead of festival
3 Sep 2016
39.0k
22
11 years on
16 classic photos from the Electric Picnic way back in 2005
1 Sep 2016
16.0k
7
trouble in the dome
Rose of Tralee stage invader was a ticket holder
23 Aug 2016
35.7k
64
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