Irish music could be in trouble

An alarming headline from Gigwise:

Snow Patrol To Speak On Behalf Of Irish Music
At Stormont today...

Good lord, how did they land that gig? I mean, were they elected? Or was it an evil trick by Welsh music to make its rival across the sea look bad?

It turns out they're only talking on behalf of an Irish music project:

Lightbody is expected to show how the project, Oh Yeah, has helped Irish musicians across the country.

Oh Yeah was set up by Ash’s Tim Wheeler in a bid to establish a dedicated music centre in Belfast.

Which is a lot less alarming than it first appeared.

Listen to your father

MediaGuardian is reporting thay Feargal Sharkey has been put in charge of all Northern Ireland radio regulation - which is an encouraging sign; considering that so much British radio is given over to the broadcasting of popular music, the more people who can actually distinguish rock from indie from dance in decision-making positions in the regulators, the better.
Course, his mam won't be happy - "why can't you work in television like your cousin?..."