Music Documentarian | Radio maker for @RTERadio1 @RTElyricfm @todayfm @radionova100
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Jan 5
This one sneaked out over Christmas!
New radio doc I made for @NewstalkFM about the late 80's/early 90's Cork music scene.
Big thanks to @fanningsessions for sharing.
30 Dec 2025
Corkchester? Nice music doc on Newstalk last Friday. Produced by @CathalFunge. Featuring @jimxcomet @learnandsing @cypressmine @StevieGrainger @frankandws @sultans_of_ping fanningsessions.wordpress.co…
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28 Jun 2025
Delighted to have Paul Cleary from the @TheBladesBand as my final guest on Headful of Hooks tonight!
Tune in from 8pm on @radionova100
All other episodes available here -
nova.ie/podcast/a-headful-of…
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23 Jun 2025
Great having @gemma_hayes as my guest on @radionova100 over the weekend reflecting on a life in music & chatting about six key songs from her back catalogue.
Podcast available here -
nova.ie/a-headful-of-hooks-e…
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7 Jun 2025
Delighted to have @paulisanoonan from @BellX1 as my guest on this weeks episode of Headful of Hooks.
Tonight at 8pm on @radionova100
Check out the previous episodes with @tomhappens & Paul Linehan from the @frankandws here -
nova.ie/podcast/a-headful-of…
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31 May 2025
Spent a bit of time with Paul Linehan in the Templebreedy Holy Trinity Church, Crosshaven a few weeks ago.
He picked out & chatted about some key songs from the @frankandws back catalogue.
You can hear the full programme tonight at 8pm on @radionova100
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28 May 2025
As always the brilliant @fanningsessions is ahead of me on this one - my new series on @radionova100 is also available as a podcast
@tomhappens is in flying form in Ep1
27 May 2025
Enjoying episode 1 of the latest documentary series from @CathalFunge on @radionova100 .. 'A Headful of Hooks' featuring an extended chat with @tomhappens who takes us through 5 tracks from the Something Happens back catalogue nova.ie/podcast/a-headful-of…
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24 May 2025
A rare chance to hear my punk band The End ❤️❤️❤️❤️
24 May 2025
Been a minute……….back on the radio this evening with a new series!
‘Headful of Hooks’ features one songwriter each week picking & chatting about six songs from their back catalogue
My guest this week is the mighty @tomhappens
@radionova100 8pm
nova.ie/
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24 May 2025
Been a minute……….back on the radio this evening with a new series!
‘Headful of Hooks’ features one songwriter each week picking & chatting about six songs from their back catalogue
My guest this week is the mighty @tomhappens
@radionova100 8pm
nova.ie/
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10 Nov 2023
A final push for this.
Uncovering the stories of eight independent Irish recording companies, from the birth of recorded sound to the present day.
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7 Nov 2023
Loved this doc - well worth a listen
7 Nov 2023
This Sunday (Nov 12) at 6pm An Draíocht, my #SliabhLuachra doc w/w @eo_sullivan (wherein I try to track down 6 old Sliabh Luachra LPs from 1977) is rebroadcast on @RTElyricfm @LyricFeature
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5 Nov 2023
Having started this series at the dawn of the recording age in the early 1900’s tonight we get to the present day for the story of Diffusion Lab
Final episode of Label of Love at 7pm on @RTERadio1
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30 Oct 2023
Spending the bank holiday editing the final episode of Label of Love.
Had a mighty time making this series for @RTERadio1 – if you missed any or all the previous episodes on the radio they’re available right here ⬇️
rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-labe…
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29 Oct 2023
Hey back on your radio box this evening for the penultimate episode in the Label of Love series!
This time round we get to the 21st century for the story of Rubyworks.
@RTERadio1 at 7pm!
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22 Oct 2023
One for the 90’s indie kids this evening on Label of Love as we shine a light on the legendary Setanta Records.
@RTERadio1 from 7PM
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15 Oct 2023
This is all true and features interviews with the Chiswick Records founders Ted Carroll & Roger Armstrong plus a few words from @buddyholidai about The Radiators time with the label.
@RTERadio1 from 7pm this evening!
15 Oct 2023
In tonight’s episode @CathalFunge looks at Chiswick Records.
@RTERadio1 @ 7pm and @RTEplayer
Roger Armstrong was a very special guest at the Sean O’Casey Theatre to celebrate Philip Chevron.
@buddyholidai @hotpress @theGOOdublin @niallmcg @Michael26760098 @trionacheile
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8 Oct 2023
Already up to episode four of Label of Love & this evening we head to Belfast for the story of Major Minor Records & the man behind the label Phil Solomon.
@RTERadio1 from 7pm!
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1 Oct 2023
Little reminder that Ep 3 of Label of Love is on at 7pm this evening on @RTERadio1
This week it’s the amazing story behind Tradition Records - a label set-up by the American song collector Diane Hamilton & Paddy Clancy in Greenwich Village in the 1950’s
rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-labe…
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24 Sep 2023
We head back to the 1940's this evening for Ep2 of Label of Love to tell the story of the Irish Recording Company and the man behind it, the pioneering sound recordist Bill Stapleton.
@RTERadio1 at 7pm!
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17 Sep 2023
Delighted to say that I've got a new @RTERadio1 music series starting this evening at 7pm. It’s called Label of Love – more info below.
Ep1 features the amazing story of Leitrim woman Ellen O’Byrne DeWitt.
rte.ie/radio/radio1/the-labe…
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12 Feb 2023
Lovely review for the @MellowCandleOf1 doc I made for @RTElyricfm in today's @TheSundayIndo........ big thanks @declynchwriter!
ICYMI listen here 👉rte.ie/radio/podcasts/222086…
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