A contract for the use of a site at Stradbally Estate in Co Laois to accommodate Ukrainian refugees in cabins is to start next month. In a briefing note sent to local politicians, the Department of ...

Stradbally Estate in Laois has been confirmed as one of five national asylum reception centres. The estate’s grounds are well known as hosting the Electric Picnic music and arts festival every year.

Around 100 local residents in Stradbally Co Laois held a meeting yesterday evening about housing hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in tents on the estate of Stradbally Hall. A group of 25 women and ...

A number of an expected 950 Ukrainian refugees have begun arriving at Stradbally Estate where “winter ready accommodation” is now complete just two weeks before Christmas. The site will accommodate up ...

The Electric Picnic countdown has officially started as the first nine acts have been announced today for the 2026 festival in Stradbally Estate. The festival announced Gorillaz for the top slot and ...