This morning.

RTÉ has announced the death of broadcaster Larry Gogan.

Via RTE:

The man with the golden voice, Larry Gogan was at the very heart of 2fm – and RTÉ – for over 50 years. Part of the original line-up for Radio 2 in 1979, Larry began with RTÉ Radio in the 1960’s, latterly presenting for RTÉ Gold

Lorcan ‘Larry’ Gogan (born 1938) broadcast his first radio programme on RTÉ Radio 1, and was in the original line-up in 1979 of RTÉ Radio 2 (which later became RTÉ 2fm), where he spun the first disc. He presented a regular show there until 2019.

Larry presented The Golden Hour up until February 2014. Famous for his “Just a Minute Quiz”, his catchphrases are universally recalled (“They didn’t really suit you”).

Larry also presented a variety of television programmes including Pickin’ The Pops, Go 2 Show and The Golden Hour.

He commentated frequently on the Eurovision Song Contest. On 8 January 2019, he moved from 2FM to RTÉ Gold – he presented his last programme on 2FM on Thursday 31 January.

Larry met his wife Florrie when she was 15. Both their fathers ran newspaper shops in Dublin. They were engaged two years later and married when she was 21. He is survived by his five children – Gerard, Orla, Grainne, David and Sinead – and 12 grandchildren. Florrie died in January 2002.

Larry won many awards. A Jacob’s winner, he was also awarded the IRMA Honours Award “in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Irish music”, and the Industry Award at the 2007 Meteor Awards.

RIP.

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Free next Thursday week?

January 16, 2019, at 6.30pm.

In Phizzfest’s The Space, an arts and culture venue in Phibsborough, Dublin 7,

They write:

“Phizzfest The Space is delighted to present ‘Another Ithaca’: an evening of poetry, prose and conversation, which celebrates cross-cultural artistic collaboration as it considers the issue of direct provision in Ireland.

‘Another Ithaca’ comes out of Correspondences, an acclaimed anthology edited by Stephen Rea and Jessica Traynor, that pairs writers, photographers and visual artists in the direct provision system with Irish writers and artists (all proceeds to Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland).

…contributors Katie Donovan, Incaf Yalsinkaya, Jessica Traynor, Marwa Zamir, performance poet Mimmie Malaba and others to be announced will read from their work and discuss the remarkable artistic journey of cultural intersection and mentorship that led to the anthology – along with the wider issues around direct provision.”

Another Ithaca – a cross-cultural evening of literature (Facebook)

Correspondences (Stinging Fly)

Earlier: “The More People You Have In A Centre, The More Money You Can Make”


This afternoon.

Met Éireann issued two Status Yellow wind warnings for tomorrow.

One is for counties Donegal, Mayo and Galway, valid from 1am tomorrow until 8pm tomorrow evening.

The other is for counties Dublin, Kildare, Longford, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo, valid from 6am tomorrow until 8pm tomorrow evening.

Via Met Éireann

The adorably strange obsession of a young teenager preserved in the pages of a scrapbook from the early 1940s recently discovered in the Collingwood Archive of the Cardiff University Special Collections.

To wit: the scrapbook of Janet Gnosspelius (1926-2010), containing every whisker shed by her cats between 1940 and 1942, complete with the time and location of discovery.

Janet would go on to create other cat-related chronicles later in life, as you’d expect.

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The first Irish JYSK store in Naas, County Kildare

This afternoon

Danish interiors giant JYSK announce 7 new stores to open in Ireland in the first half of 2020.

Emer writes:

The retailer is set to open 40 JYSK stores in Ireland over the next three to five years.

The next two stores will open in Waterford on Thursday, 27th February, and Limerick on Thursday, 26th March.

Following this, JYSK has its sights set on opening stores in Sligo, Carlow and Dublin, plus two stores in Cork city, during summer 2020. JYSK will create more than 70 full-time jobs with the opening of these new stores…

Pic: Andres Poveda

Columbia Mills – My Last Christmas In Dublin

One more time with feeling.

As the festive season ends today on the Feast of the Epiphany aka Little Christmas aka Three Kings Day aka Nollaig na mBan, we conclude our seasonal musical offerings with this powerful performance by Columbia Mills singer Fiachra Tracey (top in pic above).

Shorn of all the tinsel and glitter, the reality of being homeless on the streets of the capital at Christmas is evoked with a strong sense of empathy. The video was filmed by Pete Kingston.

Columbia Mills release their second album CCTV later this year and they headline Dublin’s Button Factory on April 24.

Nick says: Help the homeless, folks.

Columbia Mills

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