Oi! The pop charts of the world are littered with Irish boy bands and singers, not to mention semi-respectable (ie more than teen appeal) acts, such as the Corrs or U2. The Irish, with the help of a Mr "Eurovision" Logan have won the Eurovision song contest more times than anyone, the place is full of country music in the peculiarly Irish form known as Showbands, and this guy thinks that all the Irish musicians are sitting in pubs playing "diddly music" (which is Irish contemptuous for folk). The thing about finding folk being played in Ireland is that one has to know where "the crack" is - usually it's somewhere in England. The thing about doing a radio show is that one should have an idea how difficult the subject is before approaching it.
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