One of the first festivals of the season, It Takes a Village, should have been filling the Trabolgan Holiday Village this weekend. Revellers would have enjoyed more than 70 acts as they cut loose from the daily grind. It feels almost unimaginable now.
Insurance is unlikely to help. The Wimbledon tennis tournament made the headlines in April when it was reported that, following the 2003 outbreak of Sars, the organisers added an insurance clause covering infectious diseases. They are now in line for more than £100 million in compensation. But if everyone had had such insurance, the insurance industry itself might well have collapsed.
Body and Soul at Ballinlough Castle, Clonmellon, Co Westmeath: Cancelling a festival on foot of a government directive invokes force majeure. Photograph: Allen Kiely , who runs his own sound hire company. Whelan recently invested in new equipment “It’s now in a warehouse doing nothing. We’ve done a deal with the banks, Revenue aren’t looking for money. We usually employ a lot of freelancers and they and the other full-time staff are laid off. But on the other hand, there’s no bombs coming out of the sky . . .”
Gemma u are a nut case
IRELAND HAS LOST IT'S COLLECTIVE MIND.... WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE... COMPLETELY OFF THE WALL....
Nearly all festivals getting cancelled its only a matter of time before electric picnic makes an announcement.Body & soul is going online somewhat talks, Instagram lives etc
“forced to postpone this year’s festival and reschedule for May 2021” -
When I am Supreme Leader of Ireland I will not cancel festivals unlike Leo and his money grabbing cronies! Viva the Gemma Revolution!