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A SENIOR figure in a feuding crime gang in Dublin has been caught with a 3D printed firearm.

The suspect – who was wearing a bulletproof vest – was with another man when he was stopped by Gardai as he entered a taxi in the Turvey Avenue area of Inchicore at 8pm on Tuesday night.

As officers from the Community Engagement unit at Kilmainham Garda station searched the suspect after discovering a “strong smell of cannabis“, the weapon fell from the ballistic vest.

The suspect was arrested and the weapon seized.

One theory is that it was ordered on the darknet.

Both men are known to Gardai and have previously been targeted by their rivals in petrol bombings and drive-by shootings.

One source said: “Both of these suspects are currently involved in a feud that has already seen a lot of violent incidents.

“It looks as if they are using 3D printed weapons to target their rivals.

“Gardai suspect that the main suspect was planning to use the weapon on a rival.”

The seizure was welcomed by the Gardai’s Assistant Commissioner for Dublin Paul Cleary.

AC Cleary said: “I want to acknowledge and commend the work of two uniform members of An Garda Siochana yesterday evening going about their duties diligently and proactively.

“This was a timely intervention likely to have saved lives or prevented serious injury and is another dangerous firearm which has been taken off the streets of Dublin.

‘ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY’

“Gardai across the Dublin region are on duty 24 hours a day, supporting local communities and working hard on the An Garda Siochana mission of keeping people safe.”

The Irish Sun can also reveal a second firearm was recovered by Gardai in recent days.

On that occasion, the weapon was found in the south inner city on Sunday night by the Serious Crime Unit in the Gardai’s South Central Division.

MAYA Jama looked absolutely incredible in a skin-tight cut-out dress as she returned to Love Island.

The popular ITV2 face will make a surprise return to the villa as the sleepover shake-up twist culminates in a mass dumping.

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Maya, 30, put on a sensational display in the revealing dress as she made her way to the villa.

The teaser for tonight’s show saw the islanders shocked as the host prepares to reveal the latest twist.

But viewers are sure to be distracted by the star’s cut-out blue gown with pink tree branch details.

She flaunted her tiny waist in the cinched look as her assets were on display with accentuating cut out panels.

Her face had only minimal makeup as with subtle shadow, cheek blusher and a light gloss on the lips.

This comes after we revealed that four islanders have been dumped from the show in a mass cull.

After the shock sleepover twist, two boys and two girls were sent packing, but viewers are waiting to see just who will leave the show.

Helena Ford, Emily Moran, Dejon Noel Williams and Remell Mullings were taken for a night away at the Casa Amor villa in a shock shake-up.

Four new bombshells in the form of Will, Giorgio, Caprice and Poppy made their debut on the show.

Fans were left absolutely fuming as Remell wasted absolutely no time in getting to know Poppy.

The main villa was then rocked when a cheeky video arrived by text, teasing some of the cosy chats that had gone on behind their backs.

Now as Maya returns to the show, some viewers speculated that the OG contestants may be invited to bring a bombshell back to the villa.

A source told The Sun: “Four islanders have gone in one sweep but it won’t necessarily be who fans think.

“The sleepover Islanders’ return really shakes up the villa dynamic.”

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THE home boxing club of 2024 Olympian Daina Moorehouse is in danger of closing its doors.

Moorehouse, who controversially lost out to France’s Wassila Lkhadri in Paris last summer, has been fighting out of Enniskerry Boxing Club since she was 11.

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The club does not have a dedicated premises of its own, however, and has been sharing with Enniskerry GAA Club for the last number of years.

Enniskerry GAA recently invested in new equipment to bolster the club but which has limited space afforded to Enniskerry BC.

While head coach Paul O’Toole stressed that they were not being pushed out, he revealed that he could have to close the doors unless an alternative premises is found.

He told SunSport: “Enniskerry GAA club, they’ve been so good to us but they’re after getting all new equipment, all new machines and stuff.

“We have to take down the ring and take down the bags, most of the bags anyway.

“They’ve housed us for the last six years, seven years and, you know what, we owe everything to them but look, at the end of the day, we need our own club.

“We’ve been promised our own club years ago. Hasn’t come true. We’ve been promised the Bog Meadow [in 2016], hasn’t come true.

“If we don’t get a spot, I’m going to have to close the club.”

SunSport has contacted Enniskerry GAA Club for comment.

Daina Moorehouse is likely to be among the top contenders to qualify for the 2028 Olympic Games.

The decorated flyweight romped her way to yet another National Elites title in Belfast, and was named Best Female Boxer.

She is set to compete at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool from September 4-14 this year.

O’Toole believes Moorehouse will medal at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles if she gets there.

But he revealed the 23-year-old is considering giving up the sport should Enniskerry Boxing Club be forced to close its doors.

He added: “It’s breaking my heart.

“Daina, I hope she stays at boxing. She says she’s going to give it up. She’ll give it up and I’ll tell you, Ireland and County Wicklow is going to lose a phenomenal young girl.

“I know for a fact, she will medal at the next Olympics.

“We need a club. 60/70 members and I’m turning away boxers,

“It’s not only Daina. We have other girls up there. I think we’ve at least eight to nine girls up there. And then all the lads and stuff.

“If I close the club, I know for a fact, 100 percent, Daina is finished.”

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

It comes as Bray Municipal District is inviting local sports clubs to submit an Expression of Interest to lease the premises at the former Bray Boxing Club.

Bray BC has been lying empty since a 2018 shooting incident at the premises which caused the death of Bobby Messitt.

Pete Taylor, dad of 2012 Olympic gold medalist and undisputed super lightweight champion Katie Taylor, was among two injured in the incident.

Expressions of interest will only be accepted from fully constituted, not for profit sports clubs playing sports that are recognized by the Irish Sports Council, and which are located in the Bray Municipal District area.

Expressions of interest, along with further supporting documentation, must be submitted by Friday, July 11.

Fine Gael Councillor Melanie Corrigan – Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council – confirmed to SunSport that she had “advised” Enniskerry BC to put in an EOI.

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AN Irish festival trailblazer has lifted the lid on running a fledgling music event – from the “chaos” of organising the huge event to bizarre dressing room requests.

Craig Hughes also revealed how scouting acts for next year’s shindig has already begun before a single note has been played at this week’s festival.

But there is also a growing trend among festival fans that is putting significant planning pressure on organisers.

Craig started a side hustle as one of the organisers of the festival back in 2022, and he has been fine tuning the event each year since.

KT Tunstall, The Stunning, Paul Brady and The Wailers are all on the bill for this weekend’s edition, along with Irish favourites Something Happens and Sultans of Ping.

Now in its fourth year, the festival will see thousands flock to the Lough Key Forest Park, in Boyle, Co Roscommon this weekend for great live music, kid-friendly activities, and wellness workshops.

And Craig told how cash flow is the biggest area of concern for such gatherings, which is why tickets for large music festivals go on sale so far in advance.

He explained: “One reason is to get cash flow coming into the business to help with next year, as you need that to put deposits down for acts and things like that.”

But Craig, whose main career is in journalism, told how a few bum notes were encountered during the initial phase of the project, first held on the grounds of Clonalis House in Castlerea.

Craig revealed: “You think you have everything under control the first year and it’s inevitably chaos as you’re trying to grapple with bringing thousands of people into a venue safely.”

Despite any teething issues, the venture has become a fully-fledged family business aiming to pull out all the stops.

Recounting its beginnings, Craig told us: “It all started when my uncle Brendan Hurley moved back from working with the World Economic Forum in Geneva, where he was putting on big events.

“He’s a sound engineer and production manager. We’re from Mayo and he said, ‘Look we could do something bigger together’, and so we did.”

Craig added: “We dragged in another family member as well, my uncle Dermot, who’s our site manager now.

“It’s bringing together a broad skill set – so me with the communications and media side of things, Brendan having done a lot of production management and sound engineering, and then Dermot with the site layout and service delivery side of things – and any other family members dragged in across the weekend.”

The festival has seen a huge amount of growth since its humble beginnings in 2022.

But with an expansion in popularity comes increased workload and preparation.

PROLONGED PLANNING

Planning for a summer festival typically begins 12 months in advance, with tickets going on sale in the weeks directly after the previous year’s bash.

Craig explained: “One reason is to get cash flow coming into the business to help with next year, as you need that to put deposits down for acts and things like that.

“The second is to capture that feel good factor that people have after having an amazing weekend at the festival – that’s the starting point, even at the moment we’re already looking at acts for next year, seeing who’s available and the nature of [their] touring, especially for the bigger acts, they put it out a long way in advance.

“After that, you’re looking at communications plans. We announce our first headline acts around November/December, so that’s the first big milestone in terms of planning and pushing it out there.”

NEW ADDITIONS

This year, the team have added two new stages, including a late-night DJ platform on the venue’s Moylurg Tower, which will include live animations projected onto the structure that are synced with the music.

He continued: “You’re thinking away at those new projects all throughout the year.

“Then as you come into the final stages you’re dealing with the real nuts and bolts; the logistics of the tents arriving, health and safety issues, toilets arriving.

“They really come into focus now as well as your final push that as many people know as possible that the festival is going on.”

Taking the set-up, site costs, artist fees and insurance into account, Craig and the team typically look at expenditure that runs into the region of hundreds of thousands of euros.

FESTIVAL FINANCES

And unsurprisingly paying the artists is one of the most expensive aspects.

Craig said: “It all adds up and for us insurance hasn’t been one of the biggest cost drivers but everything else really has increased since we started.

“Even artist fees have gone up, especially the big international ones because inflation has hit the cost of touring, whether that’s from them bringing their own sound engineer with them or the increased logistical costs.”

These financial constraints are a major reason why many festivals use tier ticket pricing.

You think you have everything under control the first year and it’s inevitably chaos as you’re trying to grapple with bringing thousands of people into a venue safely.”

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As one of the main drivers for cash flow, enticing punters to purchase tickets sooner at a reduced price helps bring money in early, and gives organisers an estimate of how many attendees can be expected.

But the rising trend of festival fans buying their tickets closer to the event date has had an impact on planning, as it’s difficult to prepare accurately without a full grasp on the official number of tickets that will be sold before it takes place.

Craig explained: “That might mean you may plan for less people and have to go sold out even if the demand is actually going to be greater.

“It also means that you can’t spend as much on an artist budget or an extra art installation that you would have because you’re worried that the numbers weren’t going to pick up at the last minute, and that of course impacts on cash flow as well.

“A lot of festivals will have a cash-heavy month in the month beforehand because all your infrastructure has to be paid for in advance of the festival, so if someone is buying a ticket on the weekend of the festival, that cash is no good to meeting those demands that fall beforehand.”

FESTIVAL’S FUTURE

For Night and Day Festival, the goal now is to reach 5,000 attendees per day – and they’re hoping to come close to it this year.

And the location has been a massive help towards achieving this goal.

He explained: “We’re very lucky with our location in Lough Key Forest Park because there is so much infrastructure there already.

“If you think about going to a festival, they have to bring in all the toilets and all the showers – Lough Key is a purpose built campsite all year round so we have indoor toilets, indoor showers and electric and water hookups on pitches [for camper vans].

“We’re also looking to tap into mains power on the site so we’re hoping to be completely generator free in a couple of years and expand beyond the 5,000 attendees in the next few years.

“However, I don’t see us getting up to the lofty heights of Electric Picnic with 70,000 people.”

ONLY OPTION

Sea Sessions announced this month that the festival was taking a break for the year, leaving Night and Day as the only major camping music event in the west of Ireland.

But this smaller and independent festival has plenty happening for attendees that some of the bigger offerings don’t. 

Craig, whose day job is political editor of the Irish Daily Mail, explained: “You can arrive by boat which you can’t do to any other festival. We also have expansive family-friendly offerings.

“We’re an over 20s festival but if you’re under 14 you can come in on a kid’s ticket. We have a full immersive program with workshops, kids yoga, circus skills and things to keep kids entertained.”

FOCUS ON IRISH ACTS

Another difference is the focus the organisers put on Irish acts, while including some international talent.

They want to shine a light on homegrown talent and even host a competition for up-and-coming musicians where the winner gets to play at the festival.

“A lot of festivals will have a cash heavy month in the month beforehand because all your infrastructure has to be paid for in advance of the festival, so if someone is buying a ticket on the weekend of the festival, that cash is no good to meeting those demands that fall beforehand.”

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Craig explained: “We have some international acts every year, but we have a really strong focus on Irish acts.

“There really is so much great Irish talent that isn’t highlighted enough – so what we look to do when people come to Night and Day is to have a sprinkling of big international acts, but also introduce them to new music that they wouldn’t have heard already.

“Our goal is to put on a world class event. We’ve spent a lot of money on having high production value. We put a really big emphasis on production and having high quality standards.”

LINE-UP CHOICE

And Craig also shed some light on how organisers pick a lineup – and it doesn’t just come down to who the biggest acts are at the time.

It involves looking at what types of venues artists have played before, looking at their Irish listeners on Spotify, along with followers from Ireland on social media. 

When putting it all together, it starts from the top – beginning with the largest headliner and working the way down the line-up. 

But Craig said it’s not always a foregone conclusion that the headliners you want will actually play the festival.

He revealed that certain times while planning, bigger acts have been booked elsewhere in the time it takes to nail down the specifics.

He revealed: “That’s kind of the nature of this sometimes. [There was one act we wanted but] we couldn’t agree things in time and they got booked elsewhere, so you have to not hesitate when you’re going forward with these things, but I think that’s just the nature of the beast.”

BIZARRE REQUEST

To date, the festival hasn’t encountered any bad experiences with the artists they’ve booked.

Although, Craig did reveal one quirky request that they received from a performer.

He explained: “Sometimes you get some unusual requests from artists, regarding what should be left in the dressing room and what they want when they arrive on site.

“Emma Langford asked for a picture of a dog – it doesn’t have to be your dog but what she wants is to have a picture of a dog left in her dressing room, which I always thought was really fun.

“Thankfully we haven’t had anyone who’s been too dramatic just yet but maybe that’ll happen when we start bringing bigger superstars to Lough Key.”

• KT Tunstall, The Stunning, Lisa Hannigan, Paul Brady and Something Happens play Night and Day this weekend. For more info see nightandday.ie

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AMYL and the Sniffers’ upcoming Glastonbury set is hanging in the balance after illness swept through the band and their team.

The Aussie rockers were forced to cancel their Vienna gig on Monday after two band members and a crew member came down with “a very nasty virus”.

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And it comes just days before they’re due to hit the stage at Worthy Farm.

In a statement shared to their Instagram Stories, the group – comprised of Amy Taylor, Bryce Wilson, Declan Mehrtens and Gus Romer – wrote: “VIENNA. We are so sorry, but we have to cancel tonight’s show.

“Two of our band members and one of our crew have contracted a very nasty virus and they are receiving medical care.

“We’re so sorry for fie late notice. We were hoping we would not have to cancel tonight, but they are just too sick to perform.

“You’ll get an email from the promoter and tickets will be automatically refunded from the point of purchase.

“We’ll come back as soon as we can.”

The last-minute cancellation came just two hours before the band was due to take the stage, with disappointed fans left outside the venue.

Taking to a Reddit forum, one wrote: “Amyl and the sniffers have cancelled a show in Vienna tonight. Hoping their band members will be okay for Saturday!”

Another added: “They’re great live and put on a hell of a show in Woodsies a few years ago. Fingers crossed everyone is ok.”

Someone else moaned: “Talk about bad timing! I was waiting outside the venue when the cancellation was announced, only two hours before the concert was supposed to start.

“It was especially tough seeing two fans who’d flown all the way from Australia for this show.

“Disappointed for sure, but wishing the band a speedy recovery and really hoping they can reschedule for next year.”

Glastonbury kicks off today with several mystery slots still unannounced – and fans are on high alert for clues about surprise performers.

This morning, a mysterious billboard popped up near Castle Cary, the main train station for Glastonbury Festival.

The large white banner features a cryptic message in red text which says: “I’ve had my share of Monday mornings when I can’t get up.”

It also included a mobile phone number. When one Reddit user contacted the number, they said they got a response to sign up to a “scam” investment scheme.

The billboard was spotted by a festival-goer queuing early for the gates, who shared a photo to Reddit with the caption: “Does anyone know what this is about / who’s it for?

“Just got here to queue for gates opening and haven’t seen anyone mention it. Give me ya theories!!!!”

One fan was quick to point out that the same sign appeared in Glasgow recently, fuelling rumours that Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi – who made a surprise return to the stage in May after a hiatus – may be planning a surprise return on one of Glastonbury’s stages.

The Someone You Loved star, who has been diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome, was forced to take a break from music after struggling to finish his set at Glastonbury in June 2023.

The legendary festival officially opens today at Worthy Farm in Somerset, with headline performances scheduled from June 27 to June 29. 

This year’s headliners include The 1975, Neil Young, and Olivia Rodrigo.

Elsewhere on the bill are major acts like Charli XCX, Loyle Carner, Rod Stewart, The Prodigy, Doechii, and Raye.

Earlier this month, the full festival schedule was released — but fans noticed several TBA slots still in place.

Now they have a new theory about who else could make a surprise appearance at the legendary festival.

On the 2025 Glastonbury schedule, the Saturday 6.15pm slot has a mysterious act called “Patchwork” pencilled in, and fans have been trying to work out what it means.

It follows a similar mystery in 2023 when Churn Ups were revealed to be the Foo Fighters.

Fans are convinced that Chappell Roan is “Patchwork” after she posted a telling clue on Instagram.

It came after the Pink Pony Club star shared a picture of herself holding a patchwork quilt, and wrote next to it: “Insane vibe.”

Dave Grohl also sparked a flurry of excitement after he jetted to the UK earlier this week.

Grohl, 56, sent fans into a spin after posing for a photo with US singer Amanda Palmer at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

After grabbing the Foo Fighters legend for a photo, she shared it on social media and told her followers: “Well I’ll be damned. Not who I expected to run into backstage at the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s show in London tonight, but look, it’s Dave Grohl.”

The rest of the bill features big-name acts such as Charli XCX, Doechii, Rod Stewart, Loyle Carner, The Prodigy and Raye.

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