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Thousands of revellers attended Ireland s first music festival since the start of the pandemic on Saturday.
The pilot event at Dublin s Royal Hospital Kilmainham was held last night to test the safe return of large events.
Hosted by the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and MCD Productions, the gig welcomed 3,500 people to see acts such as Gavin James, Lyra, Denise Chaila and Sharon Shannon perform.
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including rapid antigen testing and restricting gig-goers to pods of up to six people.
Just one person was turned away prior to the festival after testing positive for COVID-19. However, a subsequent PCR test came back with a negative result.
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