Dave Mac's Local Legend

Hailing from Co. Cork, Morning Medicine is a band that combines indie-folk and alternative-rock influences. Having spent a number of years producing and writing for a wide range of artists, the bands founding members, Sarah O' Mahony and Brian Casey, spent the early months of 2020 channelling years of latenight collaborations into long overdue recordings of their own. With guest appearances from a...

Danny was full of praise for Cork's RedFM for the Red Talks Record's event held at the end of July, which saw them out on a promo tour across the country in an Ice-cream van and resulted in them pipping Fontaines DC to the number 1 album spot with ‘True Love Waits’. New single ‘LA At Night’ has "taken on new meaning" due to Covid 19 now too. All this and more. Just click play. To see the chat in f...

Send a virtual Irish guide dog puppy and mascot "Rover" around the world in 80 days by going for a walk, jog or cycle. All the miles you do send Rover further across the globe and you can track his journey online too! His journey commences on the 13th of November from the Guide Dog HQ on the Model Farm Road and currently Rover is in Iraq!! We need him back by the end of January so get out get busy...

Describing herself as 'every man's Christmas fantasy ' Nanny Nelly was looking for something to do what with there being no panto at Cork Opera House this year so, like everything else these days, she’s decided to go online. So enjoy Nanny Nellie reminiscing on some of her best bits from the COH Xmas panto of the last five years, perfect for the smallies & not-so smallies too. For more informa...

The initiative came about from general small talk in the work canteen chatting about their Christmas party, how it wouldn't be going ahead and the fact that they have an extra few quid to spare as a result. Realising that the demand for services is at a high and the funds were at a low because of the pandemic, they thought why not donate the dinner they would have got at their Christmas party to P...

In 2017 Darce released his debut EP and since then has been releasing a diverse range of music, his music has had over 100,000 streams. He also discusses bringing a Dutch TV crew to Cork .

The first episode in the 3 part series sees Clara chat with Brian and Thay of the Cork rooftop farm. Having previously worked with a US consulting firm she threw in the towel in order to feed her passion for food. Having grown up in a family with the same enthusiasm for food with her great grandfather having an organic vegetable farm and a grandfather who was a Baker in one of Cork's very first ba...

12 years into making a comedic career for himself across the water in the UK, Knocknaheeny man Chris was delighted with life and with his career really starting to go places, he felt comfortable enough to make the decision to move home early this year and then…youknowwhat happened, the world turned upside downand his gigging career stopped flat. Still though returning home has allowed him rediscov...

The fairytale of Nano Nagle is a live dramatic performance which is available to view online, it is produced by Judie Charmers and Ann Dolton. It was filmed in an area called "Mrs Nagle's parlour" this being a room she would have spentmuch of her life. You also have the option to carry out a podcast walking tour where you can venture to the various schools that she would have overlooked. Available...

Greywood Arts opened 3 years ago in an old Georgian building as an artist residency. Prior to opening it's members became heavily involved in running art programmes with various groups in the community, including reviving the May Sundayfestival an event which started in Killeagh over a Century ago. With the realisation that there's demand from local artists to get involved in Arts classes/workshop...

Luunah, an alternative-electronic music project led by singer-songwriter, artist and live performer, Sarah-Beth, came together in 2019, gradually coalescing from different years of CIT School of Music’s undergrad in Popular Music. The band quickly began writing and gigging, working hard to form a uniquealternative pop sound. And there’s been some big gigs, with the band landing festival spots at E...

She tells Dave that this song encourages an attitude of having more acceptance of yourself as well as having self belief, especially in the age of social media where a lot of what we are seeing are other people's highlight reels that can make us feel like our lives don’t measure up. For more information on Jen's music visit; https://www.facebook.com/jenom95/ https://twitter.com/jenellamusic

Thursday 12th sees a number of towns and villages across Cork turning on the Christmas lights, including Youghal, Kinsale and Bandon. It’s a part of Cork County Council initiative ‘A Real Cork Christmas’ designed to boost community solidarity and hope and to encourage support for local business, local enterprise and local traders. For more info visit; https://www.corkcoco.ie/en/news/cork-county-co...

Lilith, a cabaret-style song cycle by Éadaoin O'Donoghue (lyrics) and John O’Brien (music) and performed by Karen Underwood with Dave Whitla on bass, Fionn Ó Ceallacháin on drums, and John on piano."LILITH, Adam's first wife, made of earth and clay... not rib. Written out of history, 'til now that is. She's gonna let it all hang out and sing her side of the story. 11 new songs with influences from...

A group of young people from Cork have joined forces to compose a rap song called "Science Shapes Our Future" especially for the Cork Science Festival. With the help of GMCBeats Workshops the song is all about the importance of science in the community. The music projects they are involved in across the northside are supported by Music Generation and YWI Cork. The group consists of: Co-ordinator o...

Irish director Kieron J. Walsh's fictional film The Racer, set in the Summer of 1998 when the Tour de France passed through Ireland, is an exhilarating action film and dark comedy about a ‘domestique’ rider nearing the end of his career who makes a fateful decision to steal a chance for one last moment of glory….it packs an adrenalin-filled punch right to the finish line. Trailer: https://www.yout...

Owen has supported Declan O'Rourke in a learn from leaders live event. Hear more from Owen here https://www.facebook.com/owenruamusic/https://open.spotify.com/artist/6uDn439qBHGhlX5BT1WZ8E

Sinéad has landed the gig as roving reporter on ‘The Den’ a 6-part series of the beloved show which kicks off Sunday 8th Nov. The 27 year old has only been doing stand up for a year, and after only two gigs entered a competition for stand up with the prize being a pilot episode of a show on RTE player, which she won. Catch the series now at: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/seriously-sin%C3%A9ad%3...

Elected Lord Mayor of Cork following the death by hunger-strike of Terrance MacSwiney in Brixton Prison, Donal Og was Cork’s third Sinn Fein Lord mayor in 1920 following MacSwiney and Tomás Mac Curtain, assassinated by the RIC at his home in Blackpool. We hear about the politics that were going on during the Civil war as side from the war of independence. After the ‘Burning of Cork’ he fled to Ame...

Elected Lord Mayor of Cork following the death by hunger-strike of Terrance MacSwiney in Brixton Prison, Donla Og was Cork’s third Sinn Fein Lord mayor in 1920 following MacSwiney and Tomás Mac Curtain, assassinated by the RIC at his home in Blackpool. We hear about the politics that were going on during the Civil war as side from the war of independence. After the ‘Burning of Cork’ he fled to Ame...

A tale of trauma set along the northern Irish border tells how the troubles have affected both the family and community concerned. However Cathy is keen to emphasize that it is a personal film rather than political. It takes a look at two sisters who grow up on the Irish border and one of them finally returns home after being missing, looking into their mother's past they find someunhidden secrets...

Dr. Phil talks about the dangers of social isolation and of how social interaction was something we took for granted before it disappeared. He advises reaching out to friends and family to give and get support in equal measure either via phone or Zoom. Also key is a healthy diet and exercise to release endorphins in the body and to give yourself a good blast of feel-good dopamine too.

As well as having his song 'Cannibal Tree' feature in the wildly successful BBC drama ‘Normal People.’ Tipped as one of Nialler 9's favourite new acts, one to watch by Hot Press magazine, and with music influenced by the tones of such 70'smusicians as; Prince, John Martyn and ABBA, Cork’s Yenkee is on the move and on the rise. Here we hear new track 'Life in 3/4 Time,’ recorded between home studio...

The ‘Buy Back Time’ for Cancer Patients in Cork with Breakthrough Cancer Research campaign includes a number of free-but-donations-welcome online events across the Halloween weekend including Cork comedian/writer Colm O'Regan with Aoife Barry of The Journal.ie in a wide-ranging free-flowing conversation that will take in Colm's 2nd Ann Devine novel ‘Handle With Care,’ a light hearted novel about a...

You know that extra hour we all gained when the clocks went back? We want you to help us put that hour to very good use. We want you to join us in the fight against cancer…basically,we need your help to ‘buy back time’ for cancer patients in Cork. Take that hour of time you got back and give it to Breakthrough Cancer Research by hosting a fun Halloween fundraising event at home or at work, donate...