The head of MCD has said he remains optimistic this year's Electric Picnic will go ahead.
A record 70,000 people are due to attend the sold-out festival in Laois on the first weekend of September.
Denis Desmond has said he is hopeful the restrictions will be lifted in time.
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However, he said it will be September before the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin reopens, according to the Irish Times.
