Final preparations underway ahead of Electric Picnic
Final preparations are underway ahead of the annual Electric Picnic in Co. Laois this weekend.
Over 30,000 people are set to attend the three-day music and arts festival in Stradbally which is now into its eighth year.
The wide-ranging line-up will include performances from The Cure, The Killers, Elbow, Orbital, Christy Moore and Bell X1.
There are also a host of other events to entertain the crowdswith the Body and Soul zone, the Mindfield spoken word arena, the Comedy Tent and Theatre of Food area.
Spokesperson Lyndsey Holmes says the weather forecast is also looking good: "I really want to believe Met Éireann at the moment. All summer I have tried not to believe them but they tell us the next five days from Friday will be very good, so fingers crossed.
"At the moment it's beautiful here, the ground is fine, there is a special drainage system in place so underfoot is perfect."
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