During my few weeks back in Eire (flying back to my CLUAS Foreign Correspondent post this Friday) I've found the new Spin South West and I like it. Of course, the talk shows are still awful (just like Spin Dubbalin) but they're obliged to have a percentage of talk content so we'll forgive them that.

What I especially like, though, are:
1) the dance/electronica DJs at the weekend
2) a Sunday morning show called 'Alt' which just plays new music by Irish bands (the show is in Irish, I should add) - a really brilliant show.

Anyway, along with my fellow Kerrymen Donal Dineen and Cian O Ciabhain (on RnaG), there's plenty of brilliant new music (Irish and international)on Irish radio - all easy to find and just waiting to thrill you. And in Dublin you have Jim Carroll and Pearl on Phantom and The Indie Hour on Anna Livia, and probably other adventurous DJs that for commercial reasons just won't be on daytime radio.

Point being, no reason for complaining (like on other threads) that there's no good stuff/new/stuff/Irish stuff on the radio - there's enough there to keep you going.

(2FM is still dire, though)