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Christy Dignam had a heart of gold. In December 2015, after Sinead O’Connor was admitted to hospital after revealing in a post on Facebook she had “taken an overdose”, Christy and his wife Kathryn offered O’Connor a room at their Dublin home so she could recover. ....
Cork s Greatest Records: Cypress Mine s Exit Trashtown and its early DIY attitude B-Side The Leeside: In 1987, the ambitious indie outfit decided to take matters into their own hands and release an album, albeit with the help of a manager who d go on to find fame himself in a totally different field Cypress Mine: Ian Olney, Mark Healy, Ciarán Ó Tuama, Denis O Mullane (Skoda). Picture: Jim McCarthy Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 08:30 Ellie O’Byrne When a young band scrapes together the money to record a self-released debut album against the stultifying background of a small city in the throes of a recession, they might hope the album will be their one-way ticket out of town. When they call that album Exit Trashtown, it might seem like they’re raising two fingers to their beleaguered hometown on their way off to better things. ....