An Afternoon Tea party in support of support of Waterford Hospice will take place on Wednesday, September 18, at 1pm

The proposals are now available for review, and the group encourages people to share their views through an anonymous online survey

If you're lucky enough to be making the trek to Co Laois this weekend, keep reading to find out everything you need to know before the festival

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

The back-of-house testing can be carried out on drugs connected with a person brought to a medical tent and on drugs placed in "surrender bins".

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

The photo gives an insight into a time in the Déise when the pace of life was much slower

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

All the happenings from the Stradbally area

Jack won the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Conditional Jockey's Handicap Chase of 3m for Trainer Lucinda Russell & Owner Mrs Jennifer Sword

Melvyn Benn dismissed claims that Electric Picnic is ‘anti-competitive’.

The photograph provides a window to the Déise county in the 1960s

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

The photo is believed to have been take  in the mid-1950s

The event is very well support each year and the organisers are hoping for continued support this year

Events and happenings from around the Stradbally area

Hozier, Chappell Roan, Sam Fender, Fatboy Slim and Kings of Leon have been announced as headliners for the festival, which takes place from August 29th-31st in Stradbally, Co Laois.

Lights in place on Airport Road and in Stradbally