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Narrated by James Marriott
The new political term is only just swinging into action but one significant policy measure has already been made quite clear, yet also gone somewhat under the radar. The national cead míle fáilte sent out to Ukrainian people when the war started no longer applies. This winter, it’s far more a case of “come if you really want to, but know the experience will be far more yellow pack than red carpet”.
There’s been a trend for a while and we saw it strongly signalled earlier this week with the announcement that tents used for Electric Picnic will now house up to 750 people.
There was also the well-publicised approach to the National Ploughing Association (NPA) organisers by the government to provide tented accommodation to