Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Importance of Airplay in Promoting Irish Music: Music and Entertainment Association of Ireland

Mr. Jackie Conboy:

We are trying to list a couple of ideas. If it was the case that IMRO, RAAP and the other stakeholders came up with a good national plan, we would have certain ideas for it. The definition of what is Irish is at the top of our list. If Rihanna came over and recorded in Dublin, that would be regarded as Irish. If a station has a quota of 20% Irish music, you would say that was one track in every five, but that is not really what happens, as much of the Irish music that is played on radio is played after 7 p.m. I mentioned Mike Denver. He often stated that, if we could get daytime radio and night-time television, this would be an amazing industry.

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