Talking Irish music on South of the River with Alli Harding

  Local Irish band Saoirse joined Alli Harding in the studio on Sunday 15 October to chat about upcoming gigs, including one with The Bushwackers, the iconic Australian band that has been entertaining fans for 50 (yes, 50) years. The Bushwackers are playing on 19 November from 5pm to 9pm at Mary McKillop Hall, in Fernhill Road, Sandringham. Anthony O’Neill

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Brian Stynes Talks About St Patrick’s Day

Local resident Brian Stynes joins Craig Francis on Friday on My Mind to talk about the history and significance of the upcoming St Patrick’s Day events, and how the day is celebrated in Ireland and locally in Melbourne.  Brian also tells about his sporting career in Gaelic Football and his time with the Melbourne Football Club, as well as competing

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Film review: ‘CROCK OF GOLD: A FEW ROUNDS WITH SHANE MCGOWAN’, by Nick Gardener from ‘Built For Speed’

Cinema-goers would be be pretty optimistic if they expected a documentary about the brilliant but chaotic musician and Pogues frontman, Shane McGowan to be a smooth and straightforward ride, particularly as the director is frequent Sex Pistols documenter, Julien Temple.  A swirling storm of words and images stitched together from interview fragments, concert film, stock footage and even animated fantasy

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