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4 events for... music lovers seeking something a little different

From trad sessions to new Irish music.

JANUARY MAY BE cinema season, but there’s also plenty of live music happening around the country. Whether you’re craving an intimate trad session or hoping to catch a bright young thing before they make it big, music lovers are spoiled for choice.

Whelan’s Ones To Watch 2018

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When: January 18th-21st

Where: Whelan’s, Wexford Street

Every year, Whelan’s hosts a four-day showcase for up-and-coming Irish acts. Over the last few years, the likes of Aine Cahill, Le Boom, Wyvern Lingo, Girl Band, and others have performed there.

This year, there are scores of acts lined up for the four days including 80s pop-inspired quartet The Girl Talk and self-professed indie pop rascals Brand New Friend.

Day tickets are €5 or you can get a four-day ticket for €10. Every ticket comes with a complimentary pint of Hop House 13. If you fancy catching the next big thing before they headline the main stage of Electric Picnic, you know where to go.

Ruby Sessions

When: Every Tuesday night

Where: Upstairs in Doyle’s, College Green

By now, you’ve probably heard of Ruby Sessions, an acoustic club hosted in Doyle’s every Tuesday night. Over the years, they’ve hosted intimate performances from heavyweights like Ed Sheeran, Mumford and Sons and Paolo Nutini, as well as homegrown heroes like Glen Hansard, Hozier, The Corrs, and Damien Rice.

You never know who is going to pop in, and that’s part of the magic. Ruby Sessions has been going strong for sixteen years now and is back for 2018. If you have yet to stop in, make this the year you rectify that.

This Is The Kit

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When: January 16th + 17th

Where: Cyprus Avenue, Cork (January 16th) and Whelan’s, Wexford Street (January 17th)

This is the Kit is British songwriter Kate Stables’ folk project. Last year, Stables released her fourth album Moonshine Freeze, which was hailed by The Irish Times as a “five-star stone-cold instant classic” and The Guardian as a “fascinating take on alt-folk”. High praise indeed. If you like PJ Harvey and Sufjan Stevens, you’ll love This Is The Kit.

Stables comes to Ireland for two dates next week. She will perform in Cyprus Avenue on January 16th and Whelan’s on January 17th. Should you have yet to acquaint yourself with her musical stylings, watch her NPR Tiny Desk concert from last month.

De Barra’s Folk Club

When: 9.30pm, January 15th

Where: De Barra’s Folk Club, Clonakilty

If you have a hankering for a good old-fashioned musical session, the majestic De Barra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty should be on the top of your list for places to go. Every Monday night, the pub hosts a lively trad session featuring world-class musicians. Cosy, intimate, and authentic.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:10 PM

    Only change will come at the polls … Almost 100 years of same same…

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:13 PM

    @Willy Malone: We’ll still be voting for civil war parties in a 100 years time¡¡¡

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:22 PM

    @Willy Malone:

    One of the most prosperous countries in the world.

    It’s done us quite well.

    Now Venezuela on the other hand. How are they getting on remind us again?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:25 PM

    @James Nellie: Not that prosperous – with a €200+ billion National Debt, having gone albut bankrupt!

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:26 PM

    @James Nellie: “One of the most prosperous countries in the world.”

    Nice to hear that you’re doing well personally james. However, the record number of homeless, children in persistent poverty and people dying waiting for hospital treatment might disagree with you.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:28 PM

    @The Risen:

    Are you disagreeing Ireland is one of the most prosperous countries in the world?

    Have you travelled much?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:32 PM

    @James Nellie: Since the crash, the number of millionaires has more than doubled. During the same period, the number of children living in persistent poverty has also more than doubled, our public healthcare system has been decimated and homelessness is now a national emergency.

    So, it really depends on how you define prosperous. Leprechaun economics or the state of society.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:33 PM

    @James Nellie: Well, we wouldn’t be in the top 10!

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:34 PM

    @The Risen:

    Children in persistent poverty?

    Don’t make me laugh. Who’s fault is that?

    Oh of course it’s the government’s. Not the parents who spend all their money on drink smokes gambling etc.

    No personal responsibility anymore just blame the goverment for everything.

    Even though we have one of the most generous welfare systems in the world.

    We have the highest jobless households in Europe. One generation of leeches just pass it onto their kids. Sure just blame the goverment.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:37 PM

    ^

    Oh, look who’s back…..

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:39 PM

    @James Nellie: Most generous welfare systems! Even the NHS is free – and much better than the HSE who have more trollies than nurses…

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:44 PM

    @James Nellie: Prosperous for who? Vulture funds and their political cronies who never saw a brown envelope they didn’t like? People who work are homeless. Three thousand children are homeless. How is that “quite well”? You government apologist stooges are beyond embarrassing!

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:44 PM

    @Fank Pulman:

    Actually the nhs is in turmoil with waiting lists, lack of doctors, nurses, ambulances etc.

    Don’t know where you get your information.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:46 PM

    @DaisyChainsaw:

    There is homeless people in every country in the world.

    Have you the solution to solve it?

    There is 34,000 homeless people in Sweden. The utopia we are told about many time here.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:46 PM

    @James Nellie: Not nearly as bad as here m8 – and free, even prescriptions. Not many trollies either!¡

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:50 PM

    @Fank Pulman:

    1 in 2 have medical cards here.

    The health system is also free here.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:56 PM

    @James Nellie: Not for me. Yet, no problem seeing a UK doctor, anytime – gratis.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 1:01 PM

    @James Nellie: the main difference between Ireland and Venezuela was that the EU didn’t want ireland to fail because it would threaten their flawed project, and we got into that situation because of the incompetent idiots we’ve got in our gov.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 1:05 PM

    @James Nellie: “The health system is also free here.”

    LOL!

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    Aug 10th 2017, 1:46 PM

    @The Risen: why don’t you compare child poverty to Venezuela or even Sweden. Both higher. Both socialist utopias

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    Aug 10th 2017, 5:24 PM

    @James Nellie: But according to the “experts” unemployment is nearly down to 5%, yet you say we have one of the highest jobless households in Europe. Methinks more lies from the blueshirts.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 7:00 PM

    @Fank Pulman: As we know that most constituency candidates are selected because of loyalty to the party and electability within the system. They are not interested in selecting the caring Mr nice-guy or the graduate in political science. Iit is more likely to be someone like a teacher or solicitor who knows the form or has relations in the party. I can’t see it changing somehow.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 8:50 PM

    @The Risen: is children in poverty also not the parents fault?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:47 PM

    Of those that are classed as Disabled what % are Junkies? Because they too under our current regime are supposedly “Disabled” and get disability payments from welfare.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:52 PM

    @Mick Jordan:

    Of course we must pander to these poor people.

    Our bloated welfare system is gonna implode in a few years and the do gooders will be scratching their heads where it went wrong.

    20 billion a year on welfare.

    Yeah that’s sustainable for a country of 5 million people.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 4:09 PM

    @James Nellie: welfare include pension and disability ans what would you like to be spent on welfare 5million?? So €1 per capita … get a grip will you

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    Aug 10th 2017, 4:19 PM

    @Mick Jordan: Would you give a person in the throes of an addiction a job?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 4:59 PM

    @Lisa Dorothy: Can they pick up trash? Can they use a shovel or a pick? Can they grade vegetables? Can they carry timber, blocks or bricks? There are many many functional addicts.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 1:04 PM

    These statistics seem meaningless unless they tell us what they mean by ‘Homeless’.

    e.g. Am I ‘Homeless’ if I’m healthy and safe but temporarily sleeping in a friend’s flat until I get a new job and can afford to rent a place of my own?

    Or am I only ‘Homeless’ if I ask the state for help getting a place of my own and the state agrees I need some sort of help?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 3:21 PM

    20 billion spent every year on social welfare. Obviously its working. We should bring in millions of migrants as Eamon Ryan says. That will help.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 4:04 PM

    @Owen Martin: Income inequality is pretty high in Ireland, especially among men. The only reason we manage a medium gini coefficient at all is because of wealth transfers from the well paid to the less well off. Our at-risk-poverty level was 16.9% in 2015 only because of this, without the social transfers it would be at 46.3%.

    To put it another way, the welfare system is working extremely well at keeping literally almost half the country from poverty.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 6:00 PM

    Curious how homeless defined? 123 rough sleepers but approx 7000 homeless. Some in shelters but does homeless include those on housing list? If so would include some questionable cases e.g. living with parents awaiting availability of social housing.

    Would be nice to get more clarity

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    Aug 10th 2017, 3:35 PM

    where were the census forms delivered to homeless people or is this just those in hostels?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 4:02 PM

    @Shane Hickey: Census enumerators, with the help of organisations like Simon, VdeP also the guards went out on the night to record the people sleeping rough and in hostels.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 11:59 AM

    And this is seen somehow as a good thing by FG?
    Pathetic.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:12 PM

    @Trevor Hayden: the 14% non Irish is bull and we shouldn’t be housing non Irish with Irish tax payers money anyway.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:19 PM

    @Danny foley: Leave them on the street then?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:20 PM

    @Danny foley: we shouldn’t be housing anyone with taxes. Also abolish government regulations and taxes, housing prices will fall and same with homelessness. Are ya on any welfare or rebaits ?

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:24 PM

    @Danny foley: No matter which nationality you are danny, if you are contributing to the exchequer, at the very least a roof over your head should be the minimum.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:31 PM

    @Trevor Hayden: LOL, yeah that’s the model that’ll work. LOL

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:43 PM

    @Trevor Hayden: These are Leo’s ‘middle-class’

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    Aug 10th 2017, 7:47 PM

    That just states that even people who are working and earning money are struggling because of the housing crisis, which is horrendous. It’s a shocking indictment of the awful mismanagement of the country by our disgraceful politicians.

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:34 PM

    So the postman gives census forms to those sleeping rough? Load of crap

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    Aug 10th 2017, 12:32 PM

    So the postman delivers the census forms to those sleeping rough???? What a load of crap

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