Interview

Electric Picnic boss Melvin Benn hails Kneecap’s “special moment” - 2026 Tickets go on-sale on Monday
  • Music
  • 31 Aug 25

Electric Picnic boss Melvin Benn hails Kneecap’s “special moment” - 2026 Tickets go on-sale on Monday

Hozier: "I always felt this kind of lasting guilt of being a college dropout – that there was all this literature I had never really dived into"
  • Music
  • 29 Aug 25

Hozier: "I always felt this kind of lasting guilt of being a college dropout – that there was all this literature I had never really dived into"

DELUSH: "You’re always telling yourself that you’re worth it. But when you get that outside confirmation, it’s fuel"
  • Music
  • 28 Aug 25

DELUSH: "You’re always telling yourself that you’re worth it. But when you get that outside confirmation, it’s fuel"

Kneecap's DJ Provaí: "We don’t really have that many differences with the DUP, except we seem to like the craic and they don’t"
  • Music
  • 28 Aug 25

Kneecap's DJ Provaí: "We don’t really have that many differences with the DUP, except we seem to like the craic and they don’t"

Esmeralda Road look ahead to Electric Picnic: "Being in a band at our level, you have a real chance to win people over"
  • Music
  • 27 Aug 25

Esmeralda Road look ahead to Electric Picnic: "Being in a band at our level, you have a real chance to win people over"

Jenna Ortega: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful"
  • Film And TV
  • 26 Aug 25

Jenna Ortega: "Everything about Ireland was so beautiful"

Nerves: "As a nation, we don’t have much to be proud about in terms of what our government is doing"
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

Nerves: "As a nation, we don’t have much to be proud about in terms of what our government is doing"

David Keenan: "This year it’s going to be my freest and wildest Electric Picnic performance"
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

David Keenan: "This year it’s going to be my freest and wildest Electric Picnic performance"

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”

<i>Alien:Earth</i> star Alex Lawther: "There were 1,600 local crew alone living and working in what essentially became this small town"
  • Film And TV
  • 25 Aug 25

Alien:Earth star Alex Lawther: "There were 1,600 local crew alone living and working in what essentially became this small town"

Vaticanjail - On Our Radar Q&A: "My music is for the girls, gays and theys, and the community that creates when they all join together"
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 25

Vaticanjail - On Our Radar Q&A: "My music is for the girls, gays and theys, and the community that creates when they all join together"

Melvin Benn: “To have two artists of their stature on the Friday night says a lot about Electric Picnic and how it’s become one of the big world festivals"
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 25

Melvin Benn: “To have two artists of their stature on the Friday night says a lot about Electric Picnic and how it’s become one of the big world festivals"

For Those I Love: "I knew I needed to take steps in a different direction. I just didn’t know what that direction was…"
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 25

For Those I Love: "I knew I needed to take steps in a different direction. I just didn’t know what that direction was…"

50 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen released <i>Born To Run</i>
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 25

50 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen released Born To Run

Miguel Delaney on the FIFA Club World Cup & Sportswashing:  "I do genuinely think this is the start of a real transformation in football, and one that’s been coming for a long time"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 24 Aug 25

Miguel Delaney on the FIFA Club World Cup & Sportswashing:  "I do genuinely think this is the start of a real transformation in football, and one that’s been coming for a long time"

Aaron Rowe on Electric Picnic: "I worked down there as a steward a few years ago and I’m just buzzing to get down there now as an artist"
  • Music
  • 24 Aug 25

Aaron Rowe on Electric Picnic: "I worked down there as a steward a few years ago and I’m just buzzing to get down there now as an artist"

KhakiKid on Electric Picnic: "Coming back to it, playing a significantly larger stage, it means a lot to me"
  • Music
  • 23 Aug 25

KhakiKid on Electric Picnic: "Coming back to it, playing a significantly larger stage, it means a lot to me"

Nick Mulvey: "I've got great respect and love for Irish culture"
  • Music
  • 22 Aug 25

Nick Mulvey: "I've got great respect and love for Irish culture"

Europass: The free online platform is designed to support your career and learning across the EU
  • Opinion
  • 22 Aug 25

Europass: The free online platform is designed to support your career and learning across the EU

Fizzy Orange: "Electric Picnic was a canon event for all of us"
  • Music
  • 21 Aug 25

Fizzy Orange: "Electric Picnic was a canon event for all of us"

ABSNT MIND: “Us having a voice in the writing process – for boybands, that wasn’t really heard of"
  • Music
  • 21 Aug 25

ABSNT MIND: “Us having a voice in the writing process – for boybands, that wasn’t really heard of"

Ireland rugby stars Linda Djougang and Anna McGann: "We want to see more girls taking on rugby, especially with the World Cup being on"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 21 Aug 25

Ireland rugby stars Linda Djougang and Anna McGann: "We want to see more girls taking on rugby, especially with the World Cup being on"

NOFUN!’s Levi Evans: "LA, and the whole of America right now, is pretty scary. Right before we left there was the ICE stuff..."
  • Music
  • 21 Aug 25

NOFUN!’s Levi Evans: "LA, and the whole of America right now, is pretty scary. Right before we left there was the ICE stuff..."

Dani Larkin looks ahead to Electric Picnic: "Being able to have that intimacy, but in the openness of the wide expanse of the festival site, is just incredible"
  • Music
  • 20 Aug 25

Dani Larkin looks ahead to Electric Picnic: "Being able to have that intimacy, but in the openness of the wide expanse of the festival site, is just incredible"

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