'Build it and they will come': Clonmel unveils new festival dome 

Slightly hamstrung by venue issues in the past, the Co Tipperary event has created its own portable structure 

The Geodome under construction for the Clonmel Junction Festival.

For two decades, Clonmel Junction Festival has been a pillar of cultural life in Tipperary. The 2021 edition, providing a mix of online and in-person gigs, installations and events, is a further reaction to the ongoing circumstances we’re in, says director Cliona Maher.

“Nobody wanted to be in the same position as last year, where you're standing stuff down at the last moment, and it was terribly difficult to second-guess what the restrictions might be,” she says.