Locals said Bernard Collins (66) was involved in farming and had battled illness for a number of years.

Volunteers from the south Laois club encouraged festival goers to off-load their drinks containers on their way from the campsites to the main arena.

Kilmacthomas GAA Club, Brideview United and Tallow GAA all had buildings vandalised since last Tuesday.

A Dublin man who raped a teenage girl in the grounds of a GAA club has been jailed for five years