Tanaiste Leo Varadkar is facing criticism tonight after a photograph emerged on social media showing him at a music festival in London on the very weekend Electric Picnic was cancelled in Ireland due to the government’s Covid-19 restrictions. Mr Varadkar was pictured at the Mighty Hoopla festival in Brockwell Park in London on Saturday where Cheryl Cole was set to make her return to the stage after a long hiatus. Read MoreMark Graham, who produces the Irish Music Industry Podcast, tweeted: “On the weekend that Electric Picnic was meant to be on, here is Leo Varadkar at the unsegregated full-on full capacity Might Hoopla Festival London. She added: “Festivals and concerts are permitted in Ireland from Monday. Last week the Events Industry Alliance outlined its demands to the government for a full reopening of indoor and outdoor events for the fully vaccinated, along with financial supports, in early September.

Source: Irish Independent September 04, 2021 20:15 UTC