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Sorcha Richardson – Archie

Teenage dreams so hard to beat.

Stellar Dublin singer Sorcha Richardson (top) returns with a taster for her new album, the follow-up to First Prize Bravery.

Sorcha writes:

“Archie is a song about teenage hopes and dreams and about losing touch with the people who you once shared them with. I wrote the earliest version of it at a writing camp in the Spring of 2021 with some of my favourite Irish songwriters.

“We recorded it at The Clinic in Dublin with my band mates Joe Furlong, Cian Hanley and Jake Curran and it’s quickly become my favourite song to play live. As lame as it sounds, It makes me feel like I’m living out my teenage dreams when we play it. I think that’s one of the greatest feelings you can have.”

The video is directed by James Baldwin and stars Adam Lunnon Collery and Conor Fitzpatrick.

Nick says: Becoming more like Archie.

Sorcha Richardson

This morning.

Ninch, Laytown, county Meath.

The planning application (above) for an emergency temporary village with 569 detached homes for Ukrainian refugees has now been lodged with Meath County Council.

The application for 33-square-metre detached single storey properties on almost 16 hectares of land is by Melvin Properties Ltd and Ketut Limited.

They are seeking permission to build an ’emergency temporary accommodation campsite’, for a period of five years.

Yesterday: Temporary village for Ukrainian refugees proposed for land in Meath (Breaking News)

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What you may need to know.

1. I’m a bit biased on this one after meeting the Thin White Duke in The Baggot Inn back in the day, so forgive me.

2. This is the first teaser trailer for Moonage Daydream, a new film about David Bowie that is neither biopic nor documentary.

3. Footage shows Bowie emerging on-stage in the Ziggy Stardust era, before Bowie recites a passage from Mr. Rice’s Secret, a film in which he starred in 1998: “It’s what you do in life that’s important, not how much time you have,” he says over rousing music.

4. Moonage Daydream, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival this month and was approved by Bowie’s estate, features unreleased 35mm and 16mm footage from David’s personal archives.

6. Brett Morgen, best known for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015), directed, wrote, and produced.

7. Last November, Variety reported that the film would be “neither documentary nor biography, but an immersive cinematic experience built, in part, upon thousands of hours of never before seen material,” citing a source. It was also reported that Tony Visconti, Bowie’s longtime producer, served as the film’s music producer.

Andy’s verdict: He Is A Hero!

Release: In cinemas September.

Graham Dwyer leaving Dun Laoghaire Courthouse on September 18, 2013 after being charged with the murder of Elaine O’Hara

This morning/afternoon.

The Supreme Court is to make orders upholding Graham Dwyer’s successful High Court challenge to Ireland’s data retention laws and dismissing an appeal by the State.

The court confirmed a European ruling that Ireland’s data legislation breaches EU law and this decision must apply to past as well as future cases.

Via Independent.ie:

Confirmation of the decision came from Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell after a lawyer for the State said it had no objection to the orders being made.

It means the Supreme Court will not have to reconvene for any further hearing in the matter and will simply issue the orders.

Foxrock architect Dwyer, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara, plans to use the ruling to bolster a separate challenge he has taken against his conviction.

….If the Court of Appeal finds that the data evidence should have been excluded from his trial, it will have to weigh up whether there was enough other evidence to prove the case against Dwyer.

Graham Dwyer case: Supreme Court will dismiss State appeal against data ruling (Independent.ie)

Previously: Unjustifiable Breach

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Everyone stay cool.

Aaaaahhhhhhhh, etc.

Monkeypox: First case identified in NI (BBC)

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Bernard Butler and Jessie Buckley

On the final Late Late Show of the season…

…Linda Pototzki writes:

Kerry woman Jessie Buckley adds another string to her bow making a critically acclaimed album with renowned singer-songwriter and record producer Bernard Butler… They will join Ryan to chat about how their love of the Kerry landscape brought them together and inspired their collaboration.

Dublin singer-songwriting sensation Dermot Kennedy, home in Ireland during his on-going world tour will join forces with RTÉ Concert Orchestra to perform his new chart-topping single ‘Something to Someone’.

Mario Rosenstock will channel his inner Christy Moore with a song to celebrate 60 years of The Late Late Show.

Ireland’s latest boxing world champions Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O’Rourke will be bringing in their gold medals and chatting to Ryan about their incredible achievements.

If that’s not enough, Miriam Mullins, Racheal Diyaolu, Catherine Corless, Rosanna Davison, Charlie Bird and Claire Bird will also be on the show.

Some of our favourite musicians will join us to share their memories of appearing on the show over the years. We’ll hear from Clannad’s Moya Brennan, Altan’s Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Christy Dignam and Billy McGuinness from Aslan, as well as Shobsy and Lyra. There may even be a special performance!

Plus, to wrap up the season (and another decade), there will be special 60th birthday Late Late Show wishes on the night from past guests including Peter Kay, Imelda May, Cliff Richard, Michael Parkinson, Adam King, Conan O’Brien, Michael Flatley and Chris Hadfield.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9:35pm.

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