Festival director overjoyed by return of Electric Picnic after two-year absence

Electric Picnic festival director Melvin Benn in front of the main stage during a press preview of the Electric Picnic festival in Stradbally, County Laois (Niall Carson/PA)

The director of Electric Picnic, the largest music festival in Ireland, has said he is overjoyed to see the event return.

The festival will attract around 70,000 fans to the 600-acre site in Stradbally, Co Laois, this weekend.