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This may only be copied under the terms of a Newspaper Licensing Ireland agreement (www.newspaperlicensing.ie) or written publisher permission. -2- Table of Contents 18/12/2014 The Herald - National Edition: ACCLAIMED Dublin band Delorentos will be [...]........................................................................... 3 27/11/2014 Kerrys Eye: Christie weekend sounds great..................................................................................................... 4 27/11/2014 Donegal Democrat: Donegal students set for Limerick Beo event................................................................................ 6 18/12/2014 East Cork Journal: 'Ease the Worries' Song Recorded in Youghal for Pieta House - Let them Know It's Christmas Time..............................................................................................................................................7 05/12/2014 Clare Champion-Living: Ennis Street Radio returns for Christmas...................................................................................... 8 27/11/2014 Galway Advertiser: Five band line-up to celebrate Monroe's Live fifth birthday...........................................................9 16/12/2014 Munster Express - Town Lands: Fundit......................................................................................................................................... 10 23/12/2014 Galway Independent: Galway's premier live venue....................................................................................................... 11 05/12/2014 Kilkenny People: Jack is master of all trades......................................................................................................... 13 14/12/2014 The Mail on Sunday-Eire: Mario sues music promoter......................................................................................................... 14 25/12/2014 Galway Advertiser: Monroe's hits fifty....................................................................................................................... 15 16/12/2014 The Star: RADIO 1's PADDY McKENNA[...]................................................................................................. 16 23/12/2014 Evening Echo-Downtown supplement: Return of The Pav....................................................................................................................... 17 01/01/2015 Hot Press Annual: TRAD TO THE BONE..................................................................................................................... 18 20/11/2014 Tralee Outlook: TRALEE'S CHRISTIE HENNESSY FESTIVAL TO PROVIDE PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE NEW SINGER/ SONGWRITER TALENT.................................................................................................................19 Copyright Material. This may only be copied under the terms of a Newspaper Licensing Ireland agreement (www.newspaperlicensing.ie) or written publisher permission. -3- The Herald - National Edition* Circulation: 56119 Thursday, 18 December 2014 Area of Clip: 2400mm² Page: 21 Page 1 of 1 ACCLAIMED Dublin band Delorentos will be recorded live for a new RTE Radio documentary about the art of song-writing and you can apply for tickets to attend the show. The new documentary, which is presented by 2fm DJ Paddy McKenna, who is also the singer with the band Storyfold, is being made in association with IMRO. To be in with a chance of attending the Delorentos show, send an email to songwriters @imro.ie and include Delorentos in the subject line. -4- Kerrys Eye* Circulation: 25930 Thursday, 27 November 2014 Area of Clip: 59500mm² Page: 92 Page 1 of 2 Singer/Songwriters: Gary Burke (Dublin). Katie Carpenter (Dublin), Gary Keane (Ballinorig, Tralee). Claire O'Brien (Cork) and Fionnuala Joyce (Violinist Cork) with Francie Conway at the IMROChristie Hennessy SongWriter Contest Final at the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on Saturday as part of the Darren Truslove, Jason Kelly, Fergus Dennehy and Rachel Berry attending the “Troubadour Club" at Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend. the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on Friday as part of the Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend. Last weekend, the Troubadour Club and IMRO Christie HennessyThe song competition went ahead commemoration advanced a further few degrees and Pam & Joe performed a selection of Christie numbers. towards becoming a major wintertime festival in Kerry. One of the biggest moments of the “The songwriting competition was The songwriting workshops under entire weekend was when Christie’s won by Paul McDonnell from Mickie Harte were filled to the brother Simon came up on stage Dublin but Don Baker and myself quota with budding musicians who and sang Remember Me with Francie had terrible difficulty in selecting had access to 35 different instruments - to great applause. the winner because there were so for the day. “It was just a really fantastic many good songs,” said Francie It ran way beyond schedule up weekend and our thanks to IMRO Conway, the chief Troubadour who until nearly five o’clock and Irish and also to Tralee Credit Union who set up the event four years ago TV, which had cameras there to came on board this year. “The songwriters we are getting record a segment, were so “There is not enough live music are contemporary writers who don’t impressed a half-hour programme these days in Kerry but there is enter competitions. They certainly on the songwriting event has been plenty of talent coming through,” don’t enter things like the Eurovision listed. Francie said. Song Contest, but Mickie Harte said afterwards that the weekend is really becoming well known and people want to get to Kerry for it,” he added. The Troubadour Club concert at the Fels Point on Friday was a great success. “The local bands Q14 and Chapter 2 worked ready hard on their sets and they put so much into their shows. “We also had Gary Keane and John Buggy as well as the great Victor McCullough,” Francie said. Fiach Moriarty, another Dubliner, Mickie Hart and Robert Delaney were also on the schedule and they all got tremendous receptions too. “Robert, who wrote the title track for Between the Canals, the film Damien Dempsey is in, came home Pictured at the “Troubadour Club” at the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on Friday as part of the from Europe specially to be there Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend were front l-r: Sadhbh Keating, Anna Grendzina, for the weekend,” he confirmed. Nadine, Natalie and Edel Hennessy. Back l-r Robin Clark and Neil Sanker. -5- Kerrys Eye* Circulation: 25930 Thursday, 27 November 2014 Area of Clip: 59500mm² Page: 92 Page 2 of 2 Tadhg and Helen Cronin with Kathleen and Benny Dobbelaar at the Dave Curran, Claire Kelleher, Erin Belton and Nick Belton enjoying “Troubadour Club" at the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on Friday as part ‘Troubadour Club" at the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on Friday as part of the Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend. of the Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend. Ted and Mary Cronin enjoying the IMRO Christie Hennessy Song Simon Ross, Molly Smith and Tony Brown attending the IMRO Christie Writer Contest Final at the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on Saturday Hennessy Song Writer Contest Final at the Fels Point hotel, Tralee on as part of the Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend. Saturday as part of the Christie Hennessy Celebration weekend. -6- Donegal Democrat* Circulation: 9191 Thursday, 27 November 2014 Area of Clip: 27100mm² Page: 17 Page 1 of 1 Donegal students set for Limerick Beo event tee members of 2014-2015 Niamh McGrenera editorial@dongaldemocratcom have worked hard to organise Twitter: @dgldemocrat a Beo event in Limerick on November28 th for transitionyear A group of Donegal students students from Colaiste ww.beoireiand.com from two schools are set to Ailigh, Loreto Letterkenny and Saint Eunan’sCollege. visit Limerickforaspecial music Part of the day will consist of event. social conscience talks from Aaron Casey,a member of The The “BeoIreland” event aims Irish Music Rights Organisation to get young people interested (IMRO)and the father of in music by organising and attendingDonal Walsh, who willpresent music gigs in their local the Donal Walsh LiveLife talk. area and around Ireland, Students will attend the music whilst putting an emphasis on gig at Colaiste Nano Nagle, the Irish languageand culture. where Limerick-based Little Founded in 2009 by Joseph Tents will be performing, as McKelveyand transition-year well as Clare-born Daithi 6 students from Letterkenny Dronai and the Cork band, secondary schools, Beo has Neon Atlas. become an anticipated music They will also have a chance to competition nationwide. tour the city. In 2011,Beo was short-listed Further Beodates include the as a finalist in the Designs for 18th of December in Belfast Learning Competition. This and an event organised by national contest was run by Loreto and Saint Eunan’sstudents the National Digital Research on the 27th of February Centre in association with 2015 in the Regional Culture the National Science Gallery, Centre in Letterkenny. which has helped to make Beo For more information please what it is today. visit www.BeoIreland.com The transition-year commit¬ The Beo committee -7- East Cork Journal* Circulation: 6150 Thursday, 18 December 2014 Area of Clip: 41100mm² Page: 2 Page 1 of 1 Hospital. He immediately worry weighs heavy on a ‘Easethe Worries’ Song Recorded contacted his friend John mind. Stack who, like Kris, is a Throw your arms around