Editorial

First Published September 2021 MUSIC, 'LIVE' EVENTS, AND A GOVERNMENT THAT NEVER CARED Anyone who couldn't have foreseen the current government's appalling treatment of the music and 'live' events sectors simply hadn't been paying attention. The signs were on it right from the moment Catherine Martin T.D. was handed a portfolio that included responsibility for tourism, culture, arts, … Continue reading Editorial →

Glór Tíre

First Published July 2021 LONG LIVE GLÓR TÍRE Sometimes, just by being around for long enough, what you do can end up being massively taken for granted. Case in point, the hit TG4 show, GLÓR TÍRE. Despite the many complications caused by Covid-19, and the subsequent restrictions and guidelines which needed to be put in place and … Continue reading Glór Tíre →

A Christmas Catch-Up…

A Christmas Catch-Up... First Published December 2020 As much as we'd love to, there isn't always the time or the space to cover everything we'd like to in this column sometimes. But every now and then, along comes a week like this one, where a little gap in the normal schedule of things appears and … Continue reading A Christmas Catch-Up… →

The Late Late Show Country Special 2020

First Published December 2020 HO, HO...NO! It's honestly hard to know where to begin when it comes to talking about another Late Late Show Country 'Special.' And it's nothing short of frustrating in the extreme to actually need to talk about it again. But I have to. To not do so would be to simply … Continue reading The Late Late Show Country Special 2020 →

Boyzone

First Published November 2018 BOYZ BOW OUT IN STYLE Twenty-five years. Man, that's a quarter of a century! It's enough to make you feel old. Well, it is if you can remember that far back like it was yesterday. And for those of a certain generation, who grew up in that era when Boyzone first … Continue reading Boyzone →