More than 80,000 punters are attending the festival and at least 4,000 men and women are working at the event, which began on Friday and is the biggest music and arts event in Ireland
A worker at Electric Picnic has been charged with assaulting a punter at the festival.
The Irish Mirror has learned that the teenage staff member is alleged to have punched the festival-goer.
Sources tell us the alleged victim suffered a suspected broken jaw and a serious cut to the eye in the incident.
It is alleged the assault happened in the early hours of Saturday morning, the second day of the festival at Stradbally, Co Laois.
More than 80,000 punters are attending the festival and at least 4,000 men and women are working at the event, which began on Friday and is the biggest music and arts event in Ireland.
Sources tell us the festival has largely passed off without incident, but gardai were contacted by an attendee early on Saturday who alleged he had been assaulted by a male working at the site.
Officers on duty at the site quickly began an investigation and later arrested a teenage worker there.
He was later charged with assault causing harm and appeared at a special sitting of Tullamore District Court in Co Offaly on Saturday evening.
The maximum penalty for that offence is five years in prison and a fine at Circuit Court level.
Gardai confirmed to us on Sunday that a man had been charged following an alleged incident in Stradbally. We understand that the incident took place at the festival itself.
A spokesman told us: “Gardaí arrested an adult male (aged his late teens) in connection with an alleged assault in Stradbally, Co. Laois on Saturday 29th August 2026.
“The male has since been charged and has appeared before Court.”
We have approached Electric Picnic for comment.
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