The organisers of Electric Picnic say they expect the festival to go ahead as normal later in the year. Managing director of Festival Republic Melvin Benn not only looks after the annual Stradbally event, but also recently oversaw a test concert in Liverpool. As for how the concert was able to go ahead safely, he said: “In this instance it was a lateral flow test. That said, he’s still hopeful some sort of events will be able to go ahead later this year in Ireland. Meanwhile, the Wexford Festival Opera announced today it would return to live audiences for the festival in October of this year.

Source: Irish Independent May 11, 2021 09:51 UTC