Conflict In The Entertainment Sector Over Reopening Plans

Bressie says it's time for the government to sit down with industry representatives.

A midlands sound engineer says he wouldn't be comfortable working at Electric Picnic this year. 

Offaly's Conor Dillon, a veteran of the festival staff for many years, says the prospect of 70,000 people coming to Stradbally next month would be too much of a leap. 

With the music industry one of the sectors worst hit by the pandemic, the Tullamore man is eager to get back to work but says a compromise is needed:

 

Elsewhere, Blizzards frontman Bressie says it's time for the government to sit down with industry representatives in a bid to reopen the sector.

He says plans to publish a roadmap for the entertainment sector at the end of August is deeply cynical

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