Katy Perry’s Roar roared up the charts to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list, bumping Robin Thicke to the number two position. Roar is Perry’s eighth song to hit number one. Will Roar and Perry’s upcoming album, Prism, cause people looking back at the MTV VMAs next year to think of more than suggestive sexual acts done with foam fingers? […]
Katy Perry’s Roar Roars Up the Charts
Green light for concerts at Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds
DESPITE objections from four residents associations, Limerick City Council has given the go-ahead to plans to hold concerts in the Gaelic Grounds. The GAA has received conditional planning permission to hold concerts, which could see crowds of up to 49,000 people in Pairc na nGael. The proposals have proven unpopular with residents, and formal objections […]
Hermitage dream: Darragh’s marriage proposal accepted by a tearful Jessika
DARRAGH Graham of Limerick band Hermitage Green played the performance of a lifetime in proposing to long-term girlfriend Jessika Zebo live on stage on Saturday night.
Limerick Rocker Makes Acting Debut
Mark O’Connor is no stranger to the stage having wielded his axe at maximum volume in Golf and many other bands and collectives but this time it is different as he will tread the boards for the first time in an acting role in CentreStage’s new studio production of Proof. The Pulitzer Prize winning Proof, […]
Recollections of a Limerick Musicman
My name is Ger Cusack. I come from Prospect in Limerick City and I’ve been involved in music for most of my life. I went to the Model School and sang in Mr. Silbourne’s class and due to him I sang solo on Radio Eireann. The programme was recorded at the Good Sheperd Convent and […]
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Radio Daze
The working conditions in the early days of pirate radio during the 70s and 80s in Limerick were, to be honest, very basic in some stations. I remember as a presenter in a certain Radio Station that is still broadcasting, but from a better location, being highly embarrassed by having to escort down safely four […]
The saga of John The Man & Walter Stanley
Back in the golden days of pirate radio in the 70s & 80s, the people of limerick were truly blessed. By switching on to Radio Lumni, you heard the best local radio programme, in some folk’s opinion, that there ever has been. Around 7.30 am, you would hear the soft tones of John The Man […]