Scout jamboree cancelled

CUB scouts were left heartbroken after torrential rain forced scouting leaders to turn the youngsters away from Ireland’s biggest jamboree.

The decision was made by scout leaders, gardaí and health and safety bosses after “unprecedented” amounts of rain saw campsites at the Punchestown site in Kildare become waterlogged and paths overcome with mud.

“It would’ve been a very negative experience for their first time at a jamboree camping with wet sleeping bags and everything,” said jamboree spokeswoman Ciara Higgins.