Organisation: Festival Republic

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<p>The Script's Danny O’Donoghue will be performing at Electric Picnic next weekend. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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Public’s Electric Picnic meter running low as it sticks to The Script

People heading to Electric Picnic in Stradbally next weekend had been guessing who the 'blurred' headliner on the festival poster could be. Some may have been left disappointed

<p>Marquee moon: Kaleidoscope Family Festival getting underway in Co Wicklow on June 30. Picture: Alf Harvey</p>

comment-analysis

Festival tries to take digital payments to the next stage

<p>Festival Republic managing director Melvin Benn said cost increases are a “pressure every single day” and have been driven largely by energy in the last year.</p>

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Festival promoter says cost of putting on large events 'not prohibitive yet'

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Government has plans to reopen live entertainment from June

business

Business movers: Kevin Davidson appointed as the new MD of BMW Group Ireland.

celebrity

Hozier and Florence top Electric Picnic bill

Electric Picnic 2018 expected to sell out as top acts unveiled

Electric Picnic 2018 is on course to be an instant sell out as Kendrick Lamar, Massive Attack and NERD were unveiled as headliners of the Stradbally, Co Laois music festival.

Fri, 16 Mar, 2018

Electric Picnic revellers wanted condoms and ecstasy advice

Demands for free condoms and advice about the drug, ecstasy, were the main concerns of young people at Electric Picnic’s first harm-reduction service for drug-users.

Sat, 09 Sep, 2017

Model lucky to avoid losing eye over glass bottle

A young model almost lost an eye after being struck by a glass bottle thrown in the crowd at the Longitude music festival

Tue, 18 Jul, 2017

Model lucky to avoid losing eye over glass bottle

A young model almost lost an eye after being struck by a glass bottle thrown in the crowd at the Longitude music festival.

Tue, 18 Jul, 2017

Denis Desmond boosted by Festival Republic

The country’s most successful concert promoter, Denis Desmond, has added to his fortune by sharing a dividend totalling £5m (€5.9m) from his Festival Republic business last year.

Wed, 03 Aug, 2016

Garth fallout: Laws on licences

New event licensing laws could be introduced within weeks following a major review prompted by the Garth Brooks fiasco.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2015

Electric Picnic organiser on the ball as finances improve

The trading performance of the firm that runs Electric Picnic improved in 2014 after incurring a trading loss of €131,604 last year, according to its directors.

Fri, 12 Dec, 2014

Good vibes at Electric Picnic keep festival profits ‘healthy’

Denis Desmond of MCD said yesterday that this year’s Electric Picnic recorded a "healthy" profit.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2014

£3.29m dividend for music promoter Desmond

Concert promoter Denis Desmond has added to his fortune by sharing a dividend totalling £3.29m (€4.1m) from his Festival Republic business last year.

Thu, 26 Jun, 2014

Desmond nets €5.4m in UK dividend

Concert promoter Denis Desmond has added to his fortune by receiving a sizeable chunk of a €21mdividend from the UK music venue business he co-owns.

Tue, 29 Apr, 2014

Too much competition for audiences

THE bankers should have been an example to people in other industries that too much of a good thing can never last.

Mon, 15 Jul, 2013

Profits at Desmond’s festival firm rise to £20m

Ireland’s most successful concert promoter Denis Desmond has added to his fortune by sharing dividends totalling £9.58m (€11m) from his Festival Republic business over the past two years.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2013