Sunshine heralds the sounds of the summer at Witnness

HANGING around in a one-horse town has never been so much so fun.

Punchestown’s long association with horseracing might be replaced by music after the most successful Witnnessfestival in the four-year history of the event at the weekend.

The combination of a rare Irish heatwave, with temperatures soaring to around 24°C, and more than 100 acts to cater for most musical tastes proved an unbeatable formula for the first-ever staging of Witnness at the Kildare racecourse.