Festival women / Sally Hayden on love during wartime

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Jun 4, 20261:16:42Society & Culture

Summer is finally upon us and that means festival season is officially here. In today’s episode, we meet a pair of women behind two of Ireland’s most exciting festivals, Beyond the Pale and Kaleidoscope. Jenny Jennings a...

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