After nearly a four-hour drive up north I finally got to the city of Derry. I parked up and checked into my accommodation before my gig that night and I was ready to get something more substantial than oat bars and cups of petrol station tea into me. I had been recommended this place by […]

6 years ago

It’s a bold claim but we may have stumbled across the best damn brunch in Galway. It’s a bright, piercing morning in Galway’s West End as I walk down the canal looking at the famed Spanish Arch and the North Atlantic Ocean beside it. This is the first time in my adult life I’ve been […]

6 years ago

I was back on the road touring last week and, like many of us, I’m determined to make this year “better”. I’ve challenged myself to stick to a vegan/vegetarian diet whilst on tour and also cut out the booze, refined sugar and coffee while I was at it. Sure what would life be if it […]

6 years ago

After a long summer of festivals between Ireland and the UK, including the month-long marathon that was the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I found myself back in my home city of Dublin ready to do it all over again with an autumnal tour around Ireland and Europe. I had done 83 shows in August of this […]

7 years ago