{"id":664573,"date":"2026-10-25T03:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664573\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T03:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T03:38:17","slug":"lu-festival-of-light-cancelled-tonight-due-to-storm-boelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/664573\/","title":{"rendered":"Lu Festival of Light Cancelled Tonight Due to Storm Boelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight\u2019s Lu Festival of Light in Drogheda has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions associated with Storm Boelo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organisers confirmed that the event scheduled for Saturday, October 24th, will not go ahead following consultation with event safety partners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Cllr-James-Byrne-100063891201700\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" onclick=\"gtag(&#039;event&#039;, &#039;click&#039;, { event_category: &#039;Ad&#039;, event_label: &#039;jamesbyrne&#039;, value: 1 });\"><br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792899497_151_image.png\" alt=\"jamesbyrne\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"187\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was taken in the interests of public safety, with the welfare of visitors, staff and performers the main priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, organisers said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDue to adverse weather conditions associated with Storm Boelo, &amp; following consultation with event safety partners, we have made the decision to cancel Saturday\u2019s (tonights) edition of Lu Festival of Light (24.10.26).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile this will be disappointing tonight, the safety of attendees, staff &amp; performers remain our priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the public are being advised to keep an eye on the festival\u2019s social media channels for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight\u2019s Lu Festival of Light in Drogheda has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions associated with Storm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-664573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}