Coughlan’s bar and music venue has been awarded Irish Music Venue of the Year at IMRO’s national music venue awards.

Waterford Council has approved planning for one of the country’s largest solar farms in a scenic region of mid-Waterford.

It has also been announced that the festival will run for another decade.

Despite quality offerings in an array of genres to cater to every taste, from hip-hop to electronica, musically, rock seemed to be having a moment on Saturday at Electric Picnic.

Organisers of Electric Picnic are cracking down on single-use plastic at this weekend's festival.

The wait is finally over!

It will be tricky trying to see everybody at the huge Stradbally event next weekend, so Ed Power selects the ones you definitely shouldn’t miss.

A limited number of Electric Picnic sold out in a matter of minutes after going on sale yesterday morning.

Ireland’s beaches and lakes benefitted from the scorching sunshine last summer, as record heat killed off bacteria and other harmful growths that can contaminate bathing waters.

Hozier and Florence top Electric Picnic bill Hozier has been announced as one of the headline acts of this year’s Electric Picnic festival.

It is estimated that over 588 tonnes of waste, which includes beer cans, food wrappers, chairs, inflatable mattresses, clothing – including shoes and coats - goes into a landfill/incinerator after the Picnic.

The sold-out Electric Picnic, which heralds the end of the summer and had Hozier play a surprise gig, came to an electrifying close last night with The Prodigy and their ‘Firestarter’.

Meet Santa, get a tattoo, sing karaoke in a caravan, and maybe see Hozier play a

Following last year’s record breaking sell out – yet again the Picnic has sold out.

Modernised by two serial renovators, this Co Waterford house has all the features you would like in an ideal cottage, writes Trish Dromey.

It took a year longer than they had hoped but the Laois footballers got their wish last September when John Sugrue was appointed senior manager.

From surprise comebacks to celebrity spats and unfortunate deaths, pop stars were never far from the headlines in 2017, writes Ed Power.

It’s what the younger generation call FOMO (fear of missing out).

A Midlands-based charity is collecting hundreds of sleeping bags from the site of the Electric Picnic festival in Co Laois.

Ed Power reviews the xx performance on the first night of Electric Picnic in Stradbally.

MUSIC NEWS: Despite still being in the midst of an extensive Joshua Tree tour, U2’s release of a new song earlier this week shows the band are not planning to stand still any time soon.

You're never too old to enjoy 'the picnic'.

The construction of a controversial “community” wind farm in Co Waterford has been abandoned, on foot of new guidelines for wind energy, issued last June.

Investigations are continuing after six migrants were found in the back of a truck in County Laois.

A Waterford community is being split in two by plans for a proposed windfarm. Michael Clifford looks at the issues involved and the rifts they have caused

Latest: A firefighter has been injured escaping from a blaze through a first floor window of a house.

A festival with your children may not replicate the hedonistic experience of your youth, but there are a lot of compensating factors, says Emma Connolly

Festival fashion has come a long way since Kate’s iconic Hunter wellies and hot pants at Glastonbury in 2005. Now there’s a new look for the festival field, says Annmarie O’Connor.

The City in Darkness begins not in the city or even in darkness, but with an early morning swim in Co Wicklow lake. 

Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13: A controversial late penalty saw Meath advance on Saturday night in Stradbally to the O’Byrne Cup semi-finals at the expense of hosts Laois.

A video posted online shows the extent of the clean-up after Electric Picnic.

A video posted online shows the extent of the clean-up after Electric Picnic.