The Cure are the headline act at this years Electric Picnic at Stradbally in Co Laois.

Mindfield, the spoken word arena at this year’s Electric Picnic festival, is set to include Bob Geldof, Nobel Laureate Jerry White and Booker Prize winners John Banville and Roddy Doyle, it was confirmed today.

THE executive director of anti-Lisbon campaign group Libertas has departed the organisation.