An Garda Síochána was paid more than €1.1m to police 10 of the country’s biggest events last year — with Electric Picnic topping the charts, figures reveal.

Straight out of Koh Phangan.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

With the feast of fun kicking off in Stradbally today, Ed Power goes behind the scenes with three of the organisers