Buncrana Music and Arts Festival which attracted up to 20,000 people to the town last summer, will not go ahead this year.
The emigration of a number of the voluntary organising committee is said to be the main factor for this years event being cancelled.
The news comes as a blow to both the town and peninsula, as the festival – which returned in 2010 after a five-year absence – provided a welcome economic boost to the area.
But Mayor of Buncrana, Nicolas Crossan, is hoping the event could somehow, still go ahead this year……
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