Five hurt in festival knife fight

DETECTIVES have recovered a knife after five teenagers suffered slash wounds during a vicious row at Ireland's biggest music festival.

One of the men, a 19-year-old from Co Tyrone, is being treated in hospital after being stabbed in the neck during the incident at Oxegen in Punchestown, Co Kildare.

It is understood that his injuries are not life-threatening. The four other young men were treated on site for slash wounds to their faces and arms. Three of them are from Co Derry and the other is from Co Wexford.

No arrests have yet been made.

The row erupted in the festival campsite shortly after 4am.

A Garda spokesman said all involved in the incident were aged 18 or 19. The families of the injured men have been notified.

The man who was stabbed in the neck was taken to Tallaght General Hospital in Dublin.

Gardai appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information about it to contact them.

Up to 80,000 people are expected to attend the three-day festival. Acts include Beyonce, Coldplay, Foo Fighters and Paolo Nutini.