Dublin rockers Aslan are preparing to release their final track recorded with late frontman Christy Dignam - a version of one of Ireland's best known folk ballads, The Fields of Athenry.
Dublin’s O’Connell Street wears its past clearly. On John Henry Foley’s statue at the top of the street, in the chest of Daniel O’Connell and in the arm of the figure below him, the Maid of Erin, bullet damage is visible. Both sides of this street witnessed dramatic days, from the Easter Rising to the intense battle for Dublin that began the Civil War. It seems likely O’Connell took a few bullets on both occasions.