MayKay interview: ‘There were a couple of nights in Dingle when I went back to my room and had a little weep’

The former Fight Like Apes and Le Galaxie singer says that presenting RTÉ’s Other Voices served as a powerful catharsis for her in the time of lockdown

Mary-Kate Geraghty, better known to the public as MayKay. Photo: Bryan Meade

“Conas atá an misneach?” It’s a greeting that reaches beyond the usual “How are you doing?" or ”How’s it going?“. When we say: “Conas atá an misneach?”, we are asking: “How’s the courage?”

It’s a fitting phrase for these times, when courage is needed more than ever. President Michael D Higgins certainly thought so when he named his new puppy Misneach, a gesture that was embraced by the people of Ireland for its symbolism during ...