MCD has confirmed that the Oxegen Music Festival won't go ahead this year.

Walking into Punchestown racecourse yesterday afternoon, it felt a little like turning up for the afters at a wedding — you know there are good times to come, but that the main event has been and gone.

It was one of the signature deals of the boom.

2012 has been an annus horribilis for Stephen Hunt, 12 months during which his Euro dreams turned to dust and his very career as a top-flight player appeared to be threatened by injury.

MUSIC fans will have to do without their annual mud bath next year as the Oxegen festival has been cancelled.

THE massive clean-up operation required to clear Punchestown Racecourse after this year’s hugely successful Oxegen Festival turned out to be the only major hangover for organisers.

Gardaí this afternoon appealed for information after five teenagers suffered slash wounds overnight at the Oxegen festival in Kildare.

AA Roadwatch have advised Oxegen festival-goers to begin planning their transport options for the event this weekend.

Up to 80,000 people are expected to descend on Co. Kildare this weekend for Oxegen 2011.

IRISH Greyhound Board chairman Dick O’Sullivan is stepping down early in the New Year and will confirm his decision to the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith at a meeting today.

Arctic Monkeys are today confirmed as one of the headliners for next year's Oxegen festival at Punchestown Racecourse.

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.

NO one is naive enough to attend an outdoor festival in Ireland without raingear.

OFFICIALS in the Department of Finance were “completely undermined” in relation to spending decisions when Charlie McCreevy was minister, according to his predecessor in the portfolio.

WITH Oxegen tickets going on sale yesterday, a look down the concert listings for the coming months shows we are set for a scorching hot summer of rock and roll.

Rapper Eminem is set to headline this year's Oxegen festival.

IN A thoughtful homily closing the Knock Youth Festival last weekend, Bishop Donal McKeown of Down and Connor said: “People are dying from a lack of love, a lack of identity and from a sense that the world is meaningless — or at least that their lives have no real meaning.”

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.

SOME of Ireland’s favourite musical performers wowed audiences at home and overseas as the summer concert festival continued over the weekend.

IRELAND’S largest music festival yesterday added a raft of eclectic acts to its growing line-up.

Ireland’s largest music festival added a raft of eclectic acts today to its growing line-up.

Pop star Lady Gaga is to play the Oxegen festival, it has been announced.

American singer Lady Gaga is the latest act to be confirmed for this year's Oxegen Festival at Punchestown Racecourse in Co Kildare

Las Vegas rockers The Killers have been added to the line-up for this year's Oxegen festival in Co Kildare.

Newly reformed Britpop stars Blur have been named as one of the headliners for this year's Oxegen festival in Co Kildare.

Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, The Script and Katy Perry are set to join Kings Of Leon when Oxegen returns to Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare from July 10-12.

REBEL TD Jim McDaid has strayed even further from Fianna Fáil by backing a road safety group that is lobbying the Government to overhaul drink and drug-testing laws for drivers.

Bad weather has forced the cancellation of visitors' day at the International Scout Jamboree in Punchestown racecourse.

Amy Winehouse thrilled Irish fans today as her open-air performance passed without incident.

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.

The annual Oxegen festival gets underway in earnest today at Punchestown racecourse in Co Kildare.

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

An Post has been added to the line-up at Ireland’s biggest music festival as organisers put the final touches to Oxegen 08.

TICKETMASTER is raking in money from sold-out concerts by re-selling tickets on its own auction website — despite condemning fans for doing the same a year ago.

A host of new acts have been added to the line-up for this year's Oxegen festival in Co Kildare.

The Prodigy have been added to the line-up for this year's Oxegen festival in Co Kildare.

A CHAMPIONSHIP without Cork is like a wedding without a bride — impossible to celebrate.

Punchestown racecourse is to stage the richest handicap hurdle ever run in Europe as part of this year's National Hunt Festival.

The 2008 Three Day Event at Punchestown Racecourse has been cancelled.

BUILT just six years ago, Harristown Manor is the modern day follower of the manor house, as the name suggests.

Oxegen festival organisers and the Road Safety Authority are today appealing to fans to use public transport.