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HSE to test illegal drugs at Electric Picnic in new pilot programme

The HSE is launching Ireland’s first pilot drug monitoring programme for festivals at Electric Picnic in Stradbally this September. The initiative will see a tent set up onsite where illegal drugs can be tested. The HSE aims to engage with festivals ...

18 Aug 2022 at 23:00

National Ploughing

WATCH: President Higgins receives warm welcome on Day 1 of Ploughing 2022

The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were the special guests at the National Ploughing Championships today. Watch as the couple are warmly welcomed to the horse ploughing arena, meeting and greeting National Ploughing ...

20 Sept 2022 at 21:22

National Ploughing

Ploughing 2022: Most common things that happen at the Ploughing Championships every year

There's an obsession with the weather... In the days prior to the Ploughing, we will all be glued to the weather forecaster. Will we need sunblock and shorts or umbrellas and wellies? The answer is usually all of the above. 2019 brought ...

19 Sept 2022 at 16:32

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Highest ever one day attendance at the National Ploughing Championships in Laois

The organisers of the National Ploughing Championships say the attendance at yesterday's event in Laois is the highest ever recorded at the event. In total 115, 500 people visited the site in Ratheniska which is the largest attendance ...

22 Sept 2022 at 12:00

National Ploughing

WATCH: Laois Offaly TD welcomes the Ploughing to Laois

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley was in Ratheniska early on the first day of the National Ploughing Championships in his native Laois. The Laois Offaly poll-topper welcomed people from across the island and beyond to Laois.

20 Sept 2022 at 15:42

Arts & Entertainment

BREAKING: The Electric Picnic 2022 line-up has been announced!

The Electric Picnic 2022 line-up has been officially announced. The festival organisers, Festival Republic, have announced the first round of acts to perform at the 2022 edition of the festival due to return to Stradbally, Co Laois ...

10 Mar 2022 at 12:13

Local News

Man killed by falling tree as Storm Eunice lashes Ireland

One person has died and tens of thousands of people remain without power as Storm Eunice caused damage across the island of Ireland on Friday. Gardaí confirmed that a man in his 60s died in Co Wexford after being struck by a ...

18 Feb 2022 at 16:14

National News

'A bit of stability' - Electric Picnic promoter reveals plans for 2023 festival

With Electric Picnic still underway in sunshine between the showers, the 2023 event is already being arranged, the promoter has revealed. Speaking on Sunday (September 4) at the festival, Melvin Benn described the return of ...

04 Sept 2022 at 18:55

Arts & Entertainment

Electric Picnic: The five types of people you will meet in Stradbally this weekend

It is fair to say that the buzz for Electric Picnic is well and truly here. Every nook and cranny of the festival is all over the media and if you are not going to are sure to be experiencing extreme cases of FOMO at the ...

01 Sept 2022 at 16:38

National Ploughing

World Ploughing Championships 2022 welcomed by Minister Fleming

The Minister of State in the Department of Finance with special responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Seán Fleming TD has welcomed the World Ploughing Championships to Ireland. The 67th ...

09 Sept 2022 at 19:17

Arts & Entertainment

GUIDE: Irish mammy's brilliant Electric Picnic advice

An Irish mammy has given the most sound advice to Electric Picnic goers this year. Stradbally resident (but proud Ratheniska native) Caitriona Fingleton pulls no punches in her level headed but hilarious advice to ...

02 Sept 2022 at 11:43

National News

Gardaí investigate death of man whose van entered water at marina

Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances following a fatal road incident that occurred on Sunday evening (November 20) in Offaly. A van entered the water at approximately 5.30pm at Banagher Marina. ...

21 Nov 2022 at 10:51

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