OCTOBER 2007

Inishowen Community Radio Concert

A grand Variety Concert featuring the best of local talent will take place in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel on Thursday 25th October. This great night of music and dancing is a joint fund raising effort organised between ICRfm, based in Carndonagh and the proposed new station ICR South to be located in Buncrana. They ran a similar concert in the Plaza last April and everyone who attended enjoyed it immensely.

ICR has been broadcasting in the north of the peninsula since 2000 and the proposed new station ICR South, is scheduled to come on air early next year to provide a service to the South Inishowen area. The new station will be based in the Tullyarvan Mill, Buncrana. Among the list of local artists will be the ever popular Country Boys, renowned singer/songwriter Patsy Cavanagh from Greencastle, and Buncrana is well presented by Tommy Cuffe, Brian Porter and Maria Doherty.

Popular ICR country music presenter Hugh McGettigan and Peter Donegan fly the flag for Carndonagh while rising star Michael Douglas hails from Redcastle, Derry's Mena Bradley returns by popular demand, while Johnny Haughey from Ballybofey and the duets from Mayo complete the bill. A great night of music is in store for country music fans and it will also give the community a chance to show their support for community radio in Inishowen in a practical way - by giving it a much-needed financial digout. Both stations will use the money raised from the night to buy essential broadcast equipment and help towards running costs.

Jim Doherty, who is Station Manager at ICR and chairperson of ICR south, believes that this event will help promote both the artists involved and the concept of community radio in the area: "All of the artists appearing on the night are from the local community and we're grateful for their support. In fact, I can't thank them enough as they're all giving up their night and playing for free. Even if you can't come along on the night - buy a ticket! Show your support for community radio!"

The concert gets underway at 8.30 and the admission charge is only €10. Tickets are available at Bradleys Eurospar, McLaughlin Holmes Filling Station Ludden, Inishowen Gateway Hotel Buncrana and at the ICR Studios Carndonagh tel. 9329105.

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