It’s that time again as the local and European elections draw near, but the list of candidates for the ballots has raised eyebrows. A self-styled ‘shock jock’, a former Eurovision Song Contest host and all sorts of anti-establishment headline-makers. Already broadcaster Niall Boylan is running to be an MEP for the new Independent Ireland party in the Dublin constituency.
Niall Boylan is almost a personification of the concept, more important now than ever, of “épater les bourgeois” which makes his show one of the most important on Irish radio.