Phoenix Park will not be shut for concerts in the wake of drug deaths and stabbings at last weekend’s dance and rap event.

A three-day early summer concert and the planned construction of a pedestrian causeway across a harbour will form part of Cork County Council’s €1m plans to turn Spike Island into a tourist mecca.

The Oxegen music festival will not be going ahead next year.

Speculation is growing that the Oxegen Music Festival may not take place next year.

Music promoter MCD has said the Oxegen music festival is definitely not moving to the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

Ninety people were arrested over the weekend at the annual Oxegen music festival.

AMERICAN rockers Kings of Leon have been confirmed as the headline act at the Slane Castle concert next summer. The band will play Meath venue on May 28 next year, some 30 years after Irish band Thin Lizzy headlined the very first concert at the venue in 1981.

A 15-year-old boy, who nearly mowed down revellers at last year's Oxegen music festival and was later caught at the event fighting while armed with a knife , has been readmitted to bail at the Dublin Children's Court.

A 15-year-old boy nearly mowed down revellers at last year's Oxegen music festival and was later caught at the event fighting while armed with a knife , the Dublin Children's Court has heard.

SEVEN friends were killed along with another man in the worst road accident on record after watching Spain win the World Cup.

Seven friends were killed along with another man in the worst road accident on record in the country after watching Spain win the World Cup, it was revealed tonight.

A horror crash in which eight men died was today called the worst on record in the Republic of Ireland.

A man has appeared before a special sitting of Naas District Court after an incident outside the Oxegen music festival in Co Kildare in which a garda was injured.

A 20-year-old man is to appear before a special sitting of Naas District Court this morning charged in connection with an incident outside the Oxegen music festival in Co Kildare.

The fun continues at the Oxegen music festival with performances today from Black Eyed Peas and Kasabian.

Gardaí say there was little trouble last night at the Oxegen music festival in Punchestown.

THE French have a saying that the more things change the more they stay the same. This weekend thousands of young people will flock to the Oxegen music festival at Punchestown, but unlike some such gatherings elsewhere, it does not seem to have any real focus of protest.

Gardaí say 114 people were arrested at the Oxegen festival in Punchestown over the weekend.

One of the most famous warm-up acts in the country, the Artane Boys Band, kicked off the Oxegen music festival in Co Kildare this afternoon.

Hundreds of revellers are travelling to Co Kildare today for the annual Oxegen music festival at Punchestown.

The Oxegen music festival draws to a close in Punchestown today.

Gardaí are investigating a second alleged sexual assault at the Oxegen music festival in Co Kildare.

The Oxegen music festival is getting into full swing today.

A man was arrested today in connection with the alleged rape of a young woman at the Oxegen music festival.

Gardaí are investigating an alleged rape at the Oxegen music festival.

Music fans gearing up for the Oxegen music festival today were urged not to drink and drive.

GARDAÍ yesterday said the quality of cocaine seized in a haul of the drug on Wednesday was “extremely low” and was only about 7% pure.

Forty young music fans going to the Oxegen music festival had to flee a burning bus today on the M50.

The new REM album, released in Ireland today, is the latest to be recorded in a little-known Co Westmeath studio.

GRANDFATHER of grunge Neil Young and the poet of New York, Lou Reed, are the latest big names to confirm gigs in Ireland this summer.

Gardaí arrested about 80 people at this year's Oxegen music festival, about the same number as last year.

THOUSANDS of music fans battled through severe traffic delays in Co Kildare yesterday to reach Punchestown Racecourse for the beginning of this year’s Oxegen music festival.

MUSIC fans travelling to this weekend’s Oxegen Music Festival are looking forward to soaking up the atmosphere.

THE stark reality of Ireland’s road carnage was laid bare by college students touched by tragedy yesterday.

TWO small communities were united in grief yesterday as they tried to come to terms with the deaths of a brother and sister and their friend.

THERE is no simple answer to the appalling carnage on Ireland’s roads but it is patently clear that Government measures are not working.

Road safety tzar Gay Byrne must stop blaming young people for fatal accidents and should resign, it was claimed today.

The shocking death toll on the country’s roads continued to soar today after a cyclist was struck by a car in Co Westmeath.

Gardaí have named the three young people who died in yesterday afternoon's tragic road crash in Co Laois.

Up to 80,000 concertgoers are partying to more than 200 acts at this weekend’s Oxegen music festival in Co Kildare.

Tickets for the eagerly awaited Oxegen music festival go on sale today.

The line-up for the Oxegen music festival at Punchestown this summer has been announced.

Maria Tracey

Traffic chaos is forecast in the Co Kildare region today as 70,000 people descend for the two-day Oxegen music festival.