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Government face calls to save local festivals

from Ocean FM News Reports

It's hoped that the Government can intervene and save local festivals.It comes amid fears for the independent festival scene, after Sea Sessions announced it isn't going ahead while a liquidator was appointed to the company behind Wild Roots last year.Deputy Pearse Doherty, who is also a festival director, says it’s a huge loss to artists, vendors, stage crews, and the local economy.The Donegal TD is urging the Government to sit down with gig organisers to work out a way to save the industry:

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