Ireland’s Killarney Festival of Music & Food, due to feature acts such as Duran Duran, Burt Bacharach, Texas and Jools Holland, has been cancelled just two days before it was due to take place.

The Irish Examiner reports the two-day event, held in Westport, Co Mayo for the past three years, was hoping to attract 36,000 people this weekend.

However, Kerry County Council was recently informed the attendance would be less than 5,000 each day and earlier this week organisers ...