The Macroom music event built on its growing reputation as one of the friendliest small independent festivals in the country with three days of fun in the sun.

The Riddim Shack is the latest addition to one of this summer’s most visually and sonically diverse festival - Townlands Carnival.

Sister Sledge lost one of their members earlier in the year, but the beat goes on for the disco-era heroines who play in Ireland this week, writes Ed Power