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PICTURES: Having the craic in the booth on Day 3 of Punchestown 2023 - Gallery 4

It was all smiles as the punters converged on Punchestown Racecourse for Day 3 of the Festival. The PunchestownLive.ie photo booth proved popular with festivalgoers. Take a look at Gallery 4 of Day 3 below - Use the arrows above or 'Next' icon below ...

27 Apr 2023 at 20:55

Jason Donovan's exclusive Irish interview ahead of this year's Forever Young Festival 2023

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Forever Young Festival - where the ’80s come alive!

This Summer sees the return of ‘Forever Young Festival’, an event that brings the explosive 80s back to life, in full neon glory. Awarded ‘Best Line Up’ and ‘Best Medium-Sized Festival’ in Ireland (2019), Forever Young 2022 promises to be one ...

12 May 2022 at 18:18

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Gardaí seize car for having no NCT for over five years and that's not all

Gardaí on patrol near the Punchestown Festival in Kildare on Thursday discovered a car which had no NCT for over five years. In a post shared on social media, An Garda Síochána said that not only did the driver not have a valid NCT for over ...

02 May 2025 at 14:27

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Looking For Love? Annual matchmaking festival up and running in Lisdoonvarna

HUNDREDS of local and international singletons are set to descend on west Clare this month for the matchmaking festival which is underway in Lisdoonvarna The month-long festival, which began on Friday, attracts people from all over the ...

02 Sept 2023 at 10:00

Northern Ireland

Massive Attack defend Kneecap after row over ‘kill your MP’ footage

British band Massive Attack have defended Kneecap after one of the rap group’s members appeared to call for Tory MPs to be killed. Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member of the Irish trio saying: “The ...

30 Apr 2025 at 19:15

Northern Ireland

All of the Kneecap gigs that have been cancelled amid police probe

A handful of Kneecap performances have been cancelled as counter-terrorism police investigate footage that allegedly shows the band calling for the deaths of MPs and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”. Politicians are pushing for the ...

02 May 2025 at 00:33

Northern Ireland

Kneecap will no longer perform at TRNSMT festival amid police ‘safety concerns’

Kneecap will no longer perform at TRNSMT festival in Scotland amid concerns raised by police over safety. The Belfast rap trio have scheduled a replacement gig at an O2 Academy in July, the band said. They were due to perform at ...

28 May 2025 at 19:02

National News

St Patrick's Festival set for comeback as 2022 programme launches

The national St Patrick's Festival is set for a comeback in 2022 after being cancelled for the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The theme of this year's festival was revealed today (Monday February 7) as ...

07 Feb 2022 at 15:58

Arts & Entertainment

Eurovision legend to perform at Electric Picnic 2024... and it's not Johnny Logan

Organisers of Ireland's biggest festival have announced 10 more acts across the three-day weekend. Seventy five thousand music fans will descend upon Stradbally Estate in Co Laois between August 16 and 18 for the ...

03 Jul 2024 at 12:36

Local News

Emotional Rachael Blackmore and A Plus Tard make history in Gold Cup

Rachael Blackmore etched herself further into racing folklore as she added the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup to last year’s Grand National in guiding A Plus Tard to a runaway success in chasing’s blue riband. Not ...

18 Mar 2022 at 17:45

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