Doubt remains over whether the Electric Picnic festival will go ahead this year. Arts Minister Catherine Martin is examining the possibility of designating the festival as a pilot event.
A spokesperson for the Minister said she was exploring all options to facilitate the three-day event and there has been contact between the promoters and her department.
Ms Martin will raise the matter at tomorrow's Cabinet Covid Committee meeting. It is understood Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has also been pushing to find a way for the festival to go ahead.
He has suggested that the Attorney General could be consulted on allowing the event to proceed for vaccinated people. This follows the comments from the chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan that the National