Was appalled myself by an article I read about the 2 girls drowned in Naples and the neo-fascistic approach to Rom being taken by Berlusconi's shower of eejits - but would rather talk about the music than continue banging our heads together in a sterile regurgitating of positions none of us are going to change.

For those not in Ireland, RTÉ Lyric FM has its site here :
rté Lyric FM homepage
Programmes can be listened to live anywhere in the world using the 'Listen Live' link. The first of Jim's programme's is on at
15:30 GMT (in Dublin as in Greenwich) tomorrow, and here is the pitch from Lyric's schedule :
"Come All You Loyal Travellers
Paula Carroll explores folk songs gathered by Jim Carroll and Pat Mackenzie from Irish Travellers on the outskirts of London. 1: Song-Hunting. The discovery of the song heritage."

A bit of a disclaimer though - last time I tried to listen to an RTÉ programme (though not live) it was not possible - I only got a message stating the service was off for the duration of the Olympics - some sort of broadcast rights issues..
A bit absurd, as I don't think we'll be getting any exclusive interviews with the Brazilian beach volleyball captain during Jim's programme :->
I'm not sure if this also applies to the live stream - I only usually listen to differed shows.
On a side point Jim - is there any chance the programmes will be available 'differed' (as with Grace Notes and The Rolling Wave) or is it up to you ? Not too sure I'll be beside the PC at 3-30 tomorrow...and would like to listen to all 3 shows at my leisure