Culture, the abortion referendum and the future for women will feature among the talks and debates taking place at the Body&Soul music festival. The festival organisers on Wednesday announced the line-up of speakers and talks which will take place over the weekend of June 22nd-24th at Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath. The “provocative talks schedule” kicks off on Saturday morning with The Irish Times Breakfast Club on the Woodlands Stage, hosted by this newspaper's Magazine editor Rachel Collins. The Wonderlust stage will feature the makers of the West Cork podcast as well as Cork native Louise O’Neill. Also appearing over the weekend will be Beats Verses Rhymes, Waterford Whispers News and Salon Du Chat.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2018 10:52 UTC