Nadine O’Regan: Time to get live music back on the road

Croke Park is full, restaurants are open, but even scientists can’t understand why Ireland has remained an international outlier and kept its live music scene mostly shuttered

Some 40,000 fans will attend the All-Ireland hurling final in Croke Park this weekend, but we’re not allowed to watch musicians such as Dave Grohl at outdoor festivals. Picture: Getty

The other day, I was bringing a bunch of old clothes and books to my local St Vincent de Paul charity shop in Rathmines. It was difficult to find a place to park on the busy street, so – having manoeuvred into a loading bay – I flicked on the hazard lights in the car and began doing a 100-metre dash from boot to shop door and back again, several times over, to get everything ...