Tag: Dublin

YES, DISCO

In this evocative and sharply tailored piece, David Heffernan takes us back to the dancefloors of 1970s Ireland — a world of mohair suits, platform shoes, and Dubonnet-fuelled dreams. From the revolutionary roots of disco in marginalised communities in New York to its shimmering takeover of Dublin’s club scene, Heffernan traces the music's global rise and local resonance. Part memoir, part cultural history, YES, DISCO unearths the glamour and grit of venues like Lord John and Sloopy’s, the fading charm of O’Connell Street, and the new urban identities being forged beneath spinning mirror balls. With nods to everyone from Donna Summer to U2, and stories of love, change, and weekend DJ sets in basement clubs, this is a vibrant portrait of a pivotal moment in Irish nightlife. For anyone who ever danced, or wanted to, this is a joyful, personal, and richly textured celebration of disco's pulse — and its enduring invitation to simply let go.

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TALK TO JO: THE GARAGE BAND YEARS

To those of us who were getting our groove on during the late 1980s, a pipeline of information and entertainment came via television and radio and, in particular, some of the regular youth-focused output on RTÉ. Much of which we whinged about relentlessly but that now, with the benefit of hindsight, looks far more prescient... Continue Reading →

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THE COURIER: NOT TONIGHT, JOE SAVINO

The 1988 Irish film ‘The Courier’, written and directed by Frank Deasy and shot on location in Dublin, hasn’t aged at all well. But that being said it still is an interesting, independently made piece of work that’s worthy of your consideration.

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DELORENTOS AND THE LURE OF WHELANS

I’ve been attending live shows at Whelan’s, on Camden Street in Dublin, for decades. During which time the physical lay-out of the building has changed in line with the development of the street on which it is located and, indeed, the thinning of my hairline. The fabled old venue is now a far broader, more... Continue Reading →

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THE MANY GHOSTS OF PHILIP LYNOTT

For decades it was in childrens and youth programmes that many good young television producers and ambitious directors began their careers and where the more difficult, often older ones ended theirs when, deemed too unmanageable for the requirements of the prime-time schedules, they were consigned back to work with the glove puppets. In RTÉ -... Continue Reading →

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