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Music fans are set to begin the trek today to Co Kildare for this year's Oxegen festival, with campsites opening from noon.

According to gardaí, an estimated 24,000 fans had arrived by 6pm, with some 35,000 expected by the end of the day. There were no traffic delays to and from the concert site and no incidents reported, gardaí said.