The first round of acts are as follows.

MCD-promoted music gigs attracted more than 1.2m fans in Ireland last year with a similar number of revellers expected in 2016, according to company chief Denis Desmond.

The homecoming of Hozier was the unofficial theme of day one of the Longitude Festival in Marley Park, Dublin, with the Wicklow chart-topper delivering a relatively rare Irish performance after a year busily conquering the US and elsewhere.

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

The country’s latest music and arts festival has attracted a number of big-name acts for its first outing.