I spent some of this week in conversation with Smiths drummer @mikejoycedrums in Listowel & Cork. A generous interviewee telling about his time as drummer with the greatest Irish band ever. Thanks to the audiences we met in Limerick, Listowel & Cork for their questions.
This just in... I'm interviewing Mike Joyce at Mike The Pies @mikejoycedrums@MikethePies this Thursday in beautiful Listowel. I'm also in conversation with Mike at the Savoy in Cork on Friday.
Busy few weeks ahead... I'm DJ'ing at Manchester Night with These Charming Men on the 22nd, reading from Gardening Leave at the Poetry Lounge Waterford on the 23rd and then interviewing Mike Joyce about his days in The Smiths in Cork (Savoy) and Waterford (Garter Lane).
GARDENING LEAVE on Tour 2026. I'm reading from GARDENING LEAVE on May 23rd in Waterford City at the POETRY LOUNGE'S "SPEAK YOUR TRUTH" ALL WELCOME. @poetryireland@LimerickWriters@LimeSquarePoets
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Great piece on RTE today on University Way from 25:30 in. If people thought the NDR united our community, well then this has certainly exceeded it. Incredible to hear the reporter say he was taken back by the amount of walls in Moyross. 1/
As someone who attended the consultation, the gap between the hope and positivity of people in Moyross and the behaviour of some opposing residents was incredibly telling.
Derogatory comments, questioning access to services, shouting at staff.
We know exactly what this is.
@faz1886@Nick468official “A unique housing estate” and not a single front door will be passed on any house in Woodview. Its passes the estate, not through it. The Woodview road is already there Moyross is a unique estate given it’s surrounded by kilometres of wall and cut off from neighbouring estates.
Hi @Nick468official - can you confirm how many signed in support of it ? These figures are interesting as the council have told us information hasn’t been collated yet ?
The data that matters is from the public consultation. @LimerickCouncil now need to release the data from the consultation and from the original consultation so that accurate information is detailed to the public