Many of Ireland’s leading women in music are lined up to participate in what promises to be a very special celebration of the legend of Brigid – a Pagan .
During a conversation on Liveline (RTE1, weekdays, 1.45pm) about the price of tickets to see Bruce Springsteen in Ireland next year, one of the callers described it as a first world problem. She was right, but these days there is perhaps a need for us to dwell on first world problems, as a kind of merciful release from other-world problems.
Laois poet Laura Murphy was among a stellar lineup at a special celebration of women’s contributions to Irish music and culture as part of the Brigid s Da.