Ardour on the dancefloor: the Foundry nightclub in Carlow Picture: Dylan Vaughan
Attendances might be down and Amhrán na bhFiann may be giving way to guest appearances by TV stars, but Ireland’s local nightclubs are still surviving.
‘It’s fickle, you know. It can be a fickle business,” said Eamonn Fitzgerald, as the owner of the Claremont nightclub stares out the panelled window onto Main Street.
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