Puking and peeing would put us off too.
Impresario Events, the organisers of Inis Fest 2015, have announced that the planned three-day music festival will not go ahead in June due to a number of residents’ concerns that would have to be addressed before a festival of that nature could take place.
The festival was organised to celebrate the 775th anniversary of Ennis and acts of the calibre of Damien Dempsey, Delorentos and Mundy had been scheduled to perform.
A statement was released about the cancellation of the festival at the weekend and a report in the Clare Champion has brought to light the specific nature of residents’ concerns about the festival, which was due to be held in Tim Smythe Park.
A number of concerns were raised by residents of the Fair Green Area in Ennis at meetings organised by Impresario Events last week, with security, Garda presence, anti-social behaviour and property damage chief among them.
One resident didn’t hold back any details when expressing the specific nature of their concern and is quoted in the Clare Champion as saying: “We want to be sure that all the people that have no accomodation, that have nowhere to go, that are sleeping in their cars, puking over our walls and peeing in our gardens are going to be monitored.”
You can read more on this story in the Clare Champion here.
Tickets already published for the festival, meanwhile, will be fully refunded.
For more details, visit the Inisfest website and Facebook page.
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