I listened back to my bit on the radio about Christy Dignam feeling that it wasn’t perhaps as bad as some comments have made out. Comments were right, I was wrong - it was bad. I was trying to highlight some deeper issues in Ireland during the eighties and I totally missed the
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- Rory Gallagher was born 75 years ago today. One of the nicest guys you could ever meet and a brilliant songwriter and musician. And what an honour….London 1990 - concert for 1!
00:00 - ‘A working class hero is something to be..’ sometimes I don’t think Christy knew just how completely he connected with his audience. They loved him for a reason. RIP
- One of our best ever songwriters. A proper poet 🇮🇪 ‘…a man you don’t meet everyday.’ RIP Shane
- Nearly two years of nothing for Irish artists. Truly insane what’s happening to the industry. It’s getting worse. A small gesture. Simple. In January, all stations, all Irish, all day.. why the hell not?Weekend programme tracks: - Loser @thumper666 - Hold Me Like You Wanna @SomebodysChild1 - Speed To My Side #RollerskateSkinny - No Stopping Me @HousePlantsIE - High Fidelity @zenarcadergr8 - River @asmythmusic - Go Slow @elainemaimusic - Trouble @MickFlannery/@SoundsofSON
- If carlsberg did weddings… they’d never do it as well as Bonnie and John. Gerry would’ve loved it x
- Yeah. It’s law in France and Canada. And it’s working.2FM's Dave Fanning has said the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland should force radio stations to play more music by Irish artists. @davefanning irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-…












