Playlist for Friday 23-12-2011

4-5
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas
Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
Bing Crosby - Let it snow
King Charles - Bam Bam
Rory Gallagher - Philby
Foster The People - Call it what you want
Cure - Close to me
Noisettes - Wild young heart
Curtis Mayfield - Move on up

5-6
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
The Decemberists - Down by the water
ACDC - Hells Bells
De La Soul - Eye Know
Stone Roses - She Bangs the drum
Metronomy - The Look
Frank Sinatra - Silent Night
Blur - The Universal
Run DMC - Christmas Is

6-7
Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Gin Blossom - Follow You Down
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
The Pogues - fairytale of New York
Cults - Go Outside
Brenda Lee - Rocking around the christmas tree
Holy Ghost - Do it again
The Pretenders - 2000 miles
Eels - Looking Up
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas

Playlist for Thursday 22-12-2011

4-5
U2 - Christmas
Bachman Turner Overdrive - You ain't seen nothing yet
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Monty Python - Christmas in Heaven
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the jungle
Cults - Go Outside

5-6
Paul McCartney - Wonderful christmas time
Radiohead - My iron Lung
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
The Cure - Just like heaven
Neil Young - Don't let it bring you down
Holy ghost - wait & see
Ryan Sheridan - Walking in the air
Wild Flag - Romance
The Pretenders - 2000 miles
Bon Iver - Stacks
Pulp - Common People

6-7
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world
Daft Punk - One More Time
Brenda Lee - Rocking around the xmas tree
Chris Rea - The Road to hell
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
Darlene Love - Marshmallow Love
Queens of the stone age - No One Knows
Django Django - Wor

Playlist for Wednesday 21-12-2011

4-5
Kasabian - Club Foot
Joy Division - Love will tear us apart
Laura Marling - Goodbye England
Phoenix - Too Young
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Osmonds - Crazy Horses
Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
Carol of the bells
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood

5-6
They might be giants - Birdhouse in your soul
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
St Vincent - Cruel
Dean Martin - Let it Snow
Green Day - Basket Case
Noah & The Whale - 5 years time
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas
Doves - Snowden

6-7
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Elbow - Lippy Kids
Bare Naked Ladies - If I had a million €1,000,000
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Scattered Trees - Four Days straight
The 4 of us - mary
ACDC - Mistress for christmas
Zutons - You will you won't
The Decemberists - Down by the river
Brenda Lee - Rocking around the christmas
Midlake - It covers the hillside
Paul McCartney - Wonderful christmas time

Playlist for Tuesday 20-12-2011

4-5
Flaming Lips - Race for the prize
King Charles - Bam Bam
Pearl Jam - Better Man
Kings of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Beatles - A day in the life
Low - Just like christmas
Black Keys - Lonely Boy
New Order - Hellbent
Lana Del Rey - Video Games

5-6
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Miike Snow - Animal
Blind Melon - No Rain
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
Curtis Mayfield - Movin on up
Wye Oak - Civilian
Tom Petty - Running down a dream

6-7
The La's - There she goes
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Whipping Boy - We don't need nobody else
The Stone Roses - She bangs the drumBurl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christtmas
Radiohead - Thinking of you
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies

Playlist for monday 19-12-2011

4-5
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song
Harry Connick Jr - Carol of the bells
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Chairlift - Bruises
Delgadoes - Coming in from the cold
REM - Shiny Happy People
Aled Jones - Walking in the air
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
Nat King Cole - That Christmas Song

5-6
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Brenda Lee - Rockin around the christmas Tree
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Flights of the conchords - Think about it
Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas
Blur - End of a century
Ella Fitzgerald - Let it snow
Stone Roses - She bangs the drum

6-7
Run DMC - Christmas Is
Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Radiohead - Jigsaw falling into place
Scattered trees - Four Days Straight
Big Star - Thirteen
Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
She & Him - Why do you let me stay here
Drive By Truckers - Two daughters and a beautiful wife
Wild Flag - Romance

Playlist for Friday 16-12-2011

4-5
Primal Scream - Rocks
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Miike Snow - Black & Blue
Donna Summer - Love to love you baby
Metronomy - The Look
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
National - Lit Up

5-6
Foster The People - Houdini
Bachman-turner Overdrive - You ain't seen nothing yet
Rob D - Clubbed to death
Imelda May - Johnny got a boom boom
The Jam - Beat Surrender
Muse - Uprising
Ocean Colour Scene - Profit in peace
The Coasters - Down in Mexico

6-7
The Cure - Just like heaven
ACDC - You shook me all night long
A Ha - take on me
Doves - Black & White Town
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Cake - The Distance
Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire
James - Sit Down
Easybeats - Friday on my mind

Playlist for Thursday 15-12-2011

4-5
The Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified
Django Django - Wor
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Mayer Hawthorne - A Long Time
The Stunning - Half past 2
The Bees - A Minha Menina
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
Paul Weller - Thinking about you

5-6
Kasabian - LSF
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
ACDC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Reef - Place your hands
The Clash - Train in vain
Wild Flag - Romance
Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your lover

6-7
Beatles - Ticket to ride
Rilo Kiley - Execution of all things
Other Lives - For 12
Beck - Go it alone
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless
Queen of the stone age - No one knows
Oh Land - Sun of a gun

Playlist for Wednesday 14-12-2011

4-5
Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town
Futureheads - Hounds of love
Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
The Cure - A Forest
Third Eye Bling - Semi-Charmed Life
Tom Petty - Mary Janes Last Dance
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
Squeeze - Tempted
Twin Sister - Bad Street


5-6
Sultans of Ping - Wheres me jumper
Field Music - The rest is noise
Janelle Monae - Faster
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
OK Go - Here it goes again
James Brown - The Boss
 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil

6-7
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Major Lazer - Can't stop now
Neil Young - Cinnomen Girl
Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
Steve Earl - I feel alright
Frannz Ferdinand - Do you want to
Steve Mason - Am I just a man
Tune Yards - Powa
Beach Boys - God Only Knows

Playlist for Tuesday 13-12-2011

4-5
Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Death Cab for cutie - Crooked Teeth
The Jam - Town called malice
Lykke Li - I follow Rivers
ACDC - Thunderstruck
Scattered Trees - Four Days Straight
The Fall - Touch Sensitive
Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

5-6
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Nina Simone - Feeling good
De La Soul - Eye Know
Futureheads - Hounds Of Love
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money
Wild Flag - Romance
Mott the hoople - All the young dudes
Black Keys - Lonely Boy

6-7
Foster the people - Pumped Up Kicks
The Clash - Clampdown
The Decemberists - Down by the water
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
The Who - I can see for miles
Air - All I need
Cults - Go Outside
Field Music - The Rest Is Noise
Motorhead - Ace of spades

'Leap'-ing for joy!

The new Leap Card is now available! 


It can be used on Dublin Bus, Luas and DART and Commuter services within the ‘Short Hop Zone’, which is between Greystones and Balbriggan and Dublin City and Maynooth and Hazelhatch.


Leap Cards can be bought online and in over 400 shops. You can also top up your Leap Card at any Luas stop. Click here for more info!

Playlist for Monday 12-12-2011

4-5
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Eels - In my dreams
Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Bright Eyes - First day of my life
Black Keys - Psychotic Girl
Blur - Out of time
Lindstrom & Christabelle - Lovesick
Smiths - there is a light that never goes out


5-6
The Unthanks - Gan to the Kye
Rolling Stones - Miss You
Green Day - Basket Case
St Vincent - Cruel
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Devandra Benhart - Lover
The Kills - Nail in my coffin
Twin Sister - Bad Street

6-7
Ocean Colour Scene - The Day we caught the train
Other Lives - For 12
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Spiritualized - Do it all over again
Frank Sinatra - COme fly ith me
The Undertones - My Perfect COusin
Radiohead - Fake plastic Trees
Kraftwerk - The Model
Foster The People - Houdini

Leap Card

It can be used on Dublin Bus, Luas and DART and Commuter services within the ‘Short Hop Zone’, which is between Greystones and Balbriggan and Dublin City and Maynooth and Hazelhatch. Leap Cards can be bought online and in over 400 shops. You can also top up your Leap Card at any Luas stop. 

 

For more information see  www.leapcard.ie

 

Playlist for Friday 9-12-2011

4-5
Beatles - Back in the USSR
Datarock - Fa-fa-fa
James - Sit Down
Doors - People are strange
Clap your hands say yeah - Is this love
Basement Jaxx - Rendez Vu
Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight champion of the world

5-6
The Cure - Friday I'm in love
AC/DC - Highway to hell
The Cat Empire - Hello
Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Happy Mondays - Step On
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
Florence and the machine - Dog days are over
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

6-7
Goldfrapp - Rocket
Dire Straits - Walk of life
Primal Scream - Rocks
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the understatement
Butthole Surfer - pepper
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
Kingsmen - Louis Louis

Playlist for Thursday 8-12-2011

4-5

Phoenix - Long Distance Call
Blondie - Heart of glass
Belle & Sebastian - The boy with the arab strap
Friendly Fires - Jump in the pool
New Order - Temptation
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
LemonJelly - Nice weather for ducks

5-6

Primal Scream - Movin on up
Whipping Boy - And a bang on the ear
Metronomy - The Look
REM - its the end of the world
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar
OCS - Hundred mile high city
Buffalo Springfield - For what its worth

6-7

Feist - Inside & Out
Paul Weller - Broken Stones
Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
Stereophonics - Dakota
Lisa Hannigan - Knots
Strokes - Someday
Cults - Abducted

Playlist for Wednesday 7-12-2011

4-5

Bob Marley - Could you be loved
Foster The People - Houdini
The Beta band - Dry the rain
The Cars - Just what I needed
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
David Bowie - Modern Love

5-6

Fanfarlo - I'm a pilot
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
The Stone Roses - I am the resurrection
The Beatles - Ticket to ride
Wilco - I might
Other Lives - For 12
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Blues

6-7

Kings of Leon - King of the rodeo
Wild Flag - Romance
The Clash - Police & Thieves
St Vincent - Cruel
Destroyer - Savage night at the opera
Powderfinger - Waiting for the sun
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See

Playlist for tuesday 1-12-2011

4-5
The Concretes - You can't hurry love
Iggy & The stooges - I wanna be your dog
Doves - Sky starts falling
The Who - My Generation
Lisa Hannigan -
Blitzen Trapper - Street fighting sun
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river

5-6
Neil Young - Mr. Soul
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Midlake - It covers the hillside
Duran Duran - Hungry like a wolf
The Jezabels - Be a star
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

6-7
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Beach House - 10 mile stereo
Simon & Garfunkle - Homeward bound
UNKLE - Money & Run

Playlist for Monday 5-12-2011

4-5
Waterboys - Fishermans Blues
Other Lives - For 12
Black Keys - 10am Automatic
Simon & Garfunkel - The only living boy in new york
Mayor Hawthorne - A Long Time
Band of Horses - The Funeral
Metronomy - The Look
REM - Stand
Squeeze - Up the junction


5-6
Pretty Lights - Finally moving
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
ELO - Living Thing
Bat for lashes - Daniel
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Cat Stevens - Where do the children play
The New Pornographers - Your Hands

6-7
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
Aimee Mann - Two of us
Steely Dan - Peg
Wild Flag - Romance
Guillemots - Made up love song
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Airline to heaven
Bill Callahan - Rococo Zephyr
Friends - I'm his girl
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Lemon Jelly -  The Staunton lick

Playlist for Friday 2-12-2011

4-5
Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango
Creedance Clearwater - Fortunate Son
Block Party - I still Remember
Chuck Berry - No particular place to go
Kasabian - Fire
Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
Jam - Going Underground

5-6
Strokes - Someday
Blur - Charmless Man
Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Blue Oyster Cult - Reaper
Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage
Christy Moore - Joxer

6-7
Audioslave - Cochise
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Beach boys - Good Vibrations
Coasters - Down in Mexico
Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
Zapp & Rogers - More bounce to the ounce
OCS - Riverboat song

Playlist for Thursday 1-12-2011

4-5
Graham Coxon - Freaking Out
Tom Waits - Ice Cream Man
Clap your hands say yeah - The skin of my yellow country teeth
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Beck - Go it alone
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole
Colin Haye - Overkill
ACDC - Thunderstruck

5-6
St Vincent - Cruel
Iggy pop - Lust for life
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Smiths - this Charming Man
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Sonics - Have love will travel
Toro Y Moi - New Beat

6-7
Waterboys - Fishermans blues
MGMT - Time to pretend
Josh Ritter - Girl in a war
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
Delgados - Coming in from the cold
Ramones - I wanna be sedated
Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks

Playlist for Wednesday 30-11-2011

4-5
Outkast - Hey Ya
Blur - Beetlebum
Beatles - You've got to hide your love away
The Go team - Ladyflash
The Decemberists - On the bus mall
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Air - All I need
Arcade Fire - Ready to start
Doves - Caught by the river

5-6
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Interpol - Evil
Cure - Love song
Embrace - Natures Law
Modest Mouse - World at large
Lisa Hannigan - Knots
Foo Fighters - In your honour

6-7
Horslip - Trouble with a capital T
Wilco - I might
Police - Roxanne
Radiohead - High & Dry
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Daft Punk - Something about us
the Who - I can see for miles
Van Morrison - Wild Night

Playlist for Tuesday 29-11-2011

4-5

The Steve Miller Band - Take the money and run
Twin Sister - Shooting Holes
Kasabian - Fire
Radiohead - Prove Yourself
The Clash - Train in vain
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
Lisa Hannigan (feat. Ray La Montagne) - O sleep
Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
Destroyer - Downtown
Muse - Starlight
Neil Young - Don't let it bring you down

5-6
Peter, Bjorn & John - Second Chance
Thin Lizzy - The Rocker
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
Manic Street Preachers - A design for life
Kasabian - Underdog
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountain
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Kinks - You really got me
Other Lives - For 12

6-7
Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt
Fairport Convention - Meet on the ledge
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Datarock - Fa-Fa-Fa
Arthur Russell - I couldn't say it to my self
ACDc - Back in black
Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Metronomy - The Look
Black Sabbath - Paronoid
Massive Attack - Unfinished Symphony

Playlist for Monday 28-11-2011

4-5
Bound Stems - Winston
Primal Scream - Loaded
Datarock - Fa-fa-fa
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th st
Lykke Li - Little Bit
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
The Jam - Start

5-6
Foster The People - Houdini
The Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone
Kasabian - LSF
Bob Marley - Jamming
REM - Bad Day
Youth Lagoons - Cannons
Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes
Wild Flag - Romance
Smiths - There is a light that never goes out

6-7
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Bowie - Life on Mars
St Vincent - Cruel
Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
Van Morrison - Wild Night
Rilo Kiley - Portions for foxes
Kings of Leon - California Waiting
Nick Drake - One of these things first
Foster The People - Call it what you want

Playlist for Friday 25-11-2011

4-5
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Tom Petty - American Girl
Naked & Famous - young Blood
Nil Lara - Fighting for my love
Dropkick murphies
more bounce to the ounce
Oh Land - Sun of a gun

5-6
Phats & Small - Turn Around
Dire Straits - Walk of life
Hockey - Too Fake
Friendly Fires - Jump in the pool
B52 - Love shack
Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough

6-7
kasabian - Fire
This Club - I won't worry
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
OCD - Riverboat song
Credance - Fortunate Son
Blur - Song 2
Sonics - Have love will travel

Playlist for Thursday 24-11-2011

4-5
New Order - Hellbent
Queens of the stone age - The Lost art of keeping a secret
U2 - Exit
Cake - Love you madly
little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
An Emotional Fish - Celebrate
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans

5-6
Neil Young - Don't let it bring you down
Futureheads - Decent days and nights
REM - Drive
Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the jungle
Big Star - Thirteen
Roots - The Seed 2.0
Horslips - Dearg Doom

6-7
Phoenix - Lisztomania
Axis of Awesome - 4 chord
Arcade Fire - Rebellion
Al Green - Take me to the river
Muse - Starlight
Tom Waits - Chicago
Brenton Wood - Oogum Boogum

Playlist for Wednesday 23-10-2011

4-5
Rory Gallagher - Bullfrog blues
Destroyer - Downtown
Arcade Fire - Ready to start
Eels - Fresh Feeling
Cure - A Forest
Patrick Wolf - Time of my life
Nick Cave - Red Right Hand
Raconteurs - Salute your salution

5-6
The Meters - Cissy Strut
Metronomy - The Look
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Kasabian - Underdog
Owen Pallet - This is the dream of Win & Regine
10cc - Good Morning Judge
Ladyhawke - My Delerium
The Clash - Should I stay or should I go

6-7
Other Lives - For 12
Colin Hay - Overkill
David Holmes - I heard Wonders
Beatles - Lucy in the sky with Diamonds
UNKLE - Money & Run
Cardigans - Favourite Game
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper

Playlist for Tuesday 22-11-2011

4-5

Hamell on trial - Oughta go around
Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle
Anna Calvi - Desire
ELO - Evil Woman
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
Kate Bush - Running up that hill
Strokes - Someday

5-6
Twin Sister - All around and away we go
Dusty Spring field - Son of a preacher man
Gavin Friday - Angel
Radiohead - Jigsaw falling into place
Van Morrison - The way young lovers do
AC/DC - Back in black
Foster The People - Call it what you want
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

6-7

Wire - I am the fly
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Black Strobe - I'm a man
Bon Iver - Stacks
St. Vincent - Cruel
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Datarock - Fa-fa-fa
Kinks - All day and all the night
Cold Specks - Old Stepstone

Playlist for Monday 21-11-2011

4-5
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Green Day - Basket Case
Talking Heads - Crosseyed & Painless
Aeroplane - We can't fly
Rory Gallagher - Philby
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
Tune Yards - Powa
Air - Playground love
The Jam - Going Underground

5-6
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Bob Dylan - Don't think twice It's alright
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Xavier Rudd - Food in the belly
Muse - Time is running out
The Beatles - Free as a bird
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Royseven - Lovers

6-7
Simon & garfunkel - The only living boy in New York
Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Minnie Ripperton - Les Fleurs
Wild Flag - Romance
Blur - Out of time
Bill Withers - Use Me
Reef - Place your hands
Kasabian - Underdog

Playlist for Friday 18-11-2011

4-5
Stunning - Romeos on fire
Chic - Freak out
MGMT - Time to pretend
Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister
George Clinton - She's a bad mama jama
Foster the people - Houdini
Axis of Awesome - 4 Chords

5-6
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
David Bowie - Lets Dance
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Presidents of the USA - Lump
Saw Doctors - N17
Joe Tex - I gotcha
Beastie - Sabotage

6-7
Beatles - revolution
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
AC/DC - For those about to rock
Bodyrockers - i like the way
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
St. Vincent - Cruel
Chuck Berry - No particular place to go
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Metronomy - The Look

Playlist for Thursday 17-11-2011

4 - 5

Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny) About Peace, Love and Understanding
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Arcade Fire - Black Mirror
Dusty Springfield - I Only Want To Be With You
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

5 - 6

Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown
Royseven - We Should Be Lovers
Max Sedgley and Sarah Vaughan - Peter Gunn (Max Sedgley remix)
Manu Chao - Bongo Bong
Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Handel's Messiah Hallelujah Chorus
Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - Don't Give Up

6 - 7

Colin Hay - Overkill
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
The Sister Of Mercy - Rock And A Hard Place
Little Green Cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River
Moby - Go
Public Image Ltd. - Rise

One less card in your wallet...

Good news today for Dublin commuters! A new integrated ticketing system will be launched in the next few weeks. The 'Leap' card will see ticketing for Dublin Bus, the DART, the Luas and the commuter rail line all rolled into one.

You can read more about it here.

Playlist for Wednesday 16-11-2011

4 - 5

The Ramones - Baby, I Love You
Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
Rocky Horror Picture Show OST - The Time Warp
Foster The People - Houdini
The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
R.E.M - Shiny Happy People
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

5 - 6

Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (Don't Do It)
Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus
Ham Sandwich - The Naturist
Blitzen Trapper - Street Fighting Sun
Flobots - Handlebars

6 - 7

Miike Snow - Animal
Depeche Mode - Useless
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Bob Dylan - She Belongs To Me
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

Playlist for Tuesday 15-11-2011

4-5
Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town
Smiths - There is a light that never goes out
Reverand and the makers - Heavyweight champion of the world
Twin Sister - All around and away we go
Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
Depeche Mode - Precious
James - Sit Down
Foster The People - Call it what you want

5-6
Pogues - Fiesta
Doves - Pounding
Put em under pressure
Paul Weller - The Changing Man
Christy Moore - Joxer
Green Day - Basket Case

6-7
Semisonic - Closing Time
Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
Horslips - Dearg Doom
Biffy Clyro - Bubbles
The Jam - Start
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

Rathoath Road - Roadworks

For those asking, this is where the roadworks on Rathoath Road are taking place. A Stop and Go System is in place until November 21


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Playlist for Monday 14-11-2011

4-5
Wild Flag - Romance
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the corner
Laura Marling - Ghost
Mando Diao - Motown Blood
The Police - Walking on the moon
The Avalanches - Since I left You
Cold Specks - Old Stepstone
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Blitzen Trapper - Street Fighting Sun
Paul Weller - thinking of you

5-6
Twin Sister - All around and away we go
Rolling Stones - Sypathy for the devil
Cathy Davey - Little Red
Queen of the stone age - No One Knows
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Royseven - We should be lovers
Squeeze - Up the junction
St. Vincent - Cruel
John Martyn - Solid Air

6-7
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
Rory Gallagher - Brute force & ignorance
Thievary Corporation - Lebanese Blonde
U2 - I will follow
Girls - Honey Bunny
Field Music - Lets write a book
Lisa Hannigan - Knots
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Radiohead - High and dry
Feist - How come you never go there
Miike Snow - Black & Blue

Playlist for Friday 11-11-2011

4-5

ACDC - Highway to Hell
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Blur - Theres no other way
Buggles - Video killed the radio star
OK Go - Here we go again
The Troggs - Wild Thing
James - Sit Down
Christy Moore - Joxer goes to Stuttgart

5-6

Phoenix - Long Distance Call
The Proclaimers - 500 miles
Empire of the sun - We are the people
Italia '90 - Put 'em under pressure
Rory Gallagher - Bullfrog Blues
Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Queen - Another one bites the dust

6-7

The 4 of us - Mary
Foster The People - Houdini
Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping up to Boston
Chuck Berry - No particular place to go
Tokyo Police Club - Nature Of The Experiment
Fatboy Slim - Praise You

4-5
Pixies - Where is my mind
Mayer Hawthorne - A long Time
Doves - There goes the fear
New Order - Ceremony
Air - Kelly watch the stars
The Tams - Be young be foolish be happy
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress
Al Murray - Morning Sun

5-6
Temper Trap - Love Lost
Tom Petty - Running down a dream
Lykke Li - Get Some
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
Sigur Ros - Hoppipola
The Devine Comedy - Something for the weekend
Beatles - Blackbird

6-7
The National - Terrible Love
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Tahiti 80 - Gate 33
Beatles - Blackbird
Stereophonics - T-shirt Sun Tan
Major Lazer - Can't stop now
Outkast - Hey Ya
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
David Holmes - I heard Wonders

Playlist for wednesday 9-11-2011

4-5
St. Vincent - Cruel
Moby - In my heart
Pearl Jam - Alive
Wild Flag - Romance
Suede - Trash
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Steely Dan - Peg
Foo Fighters - The Pretender

5-6
Jilted John - Jilted John
Radiohead - Just
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Neil Young - Mr. Soul
Supergrass - Pumping up your stereo
Friendly Fires - Jump in the pool
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
Blitzen Trapper - Street Fighting Sun#

6-7
Black Keys - lonely Boy
Alabama 3 - Woke up this morning
The O'Jays - For the love of money
Youth Mass - Tunnels
Hem - Oh California
Jam & Spoon - Stella
Pixies - Where is my mind
Tom Waits - Chicago
Neil Young - Harvest Moon

Playlist for tuesday 8-11-2011

4-5
Eels - Mr. E's beautiful blues
Steve Earl - Lungs
Steely Dan - Peg
Spoon - Thats the way we get by
The Antlers - French exit
Marc Bolan & T.Rex - Children of the revolution
The Strokes - Someday
Wilco - I might
The Cure - Close to me
King Charles - Bam Bam
Black Sabbath - Never say die

5-6
Spek - Hey Joni
The Stranglers - Peaches
White Denim - Drug
Midlake - It covers the hillside
James Brown - The Boss
Arctic Monkeys - 505
The Band - The Weight

6-7
Foster The People - Call it what you want
The Jam - Going Underground
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
Rodrigo Y Gabriella - Mr. Tang
Stevie Wonder - For once in my life

4-5

Fanfarlo - Finish Line
King Charles - Bam Bam
Simple Kid - Staring at the sun
Massive Attack - Protection
Charlie Parr - 1922 Blues
Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Neil Young - Suger Mountain
Clap Your hands say yeah - Maniac
The Doors - Touch Me

5-6

St. Vincent - Cruel
The Raconteurs - Old Enough
Groove Armada - If everybody looked the same
Other Lives - For 12
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans

6-7

Led Zeppelin - Over the hills and far away
Destroyer - Downtown
The Antlers - I don't want love
REM - Stand
Arcade Fire - Rococo
Muse - Uprising
Kathryn Williams - Soul to feet
Charlie Parr - Possessed by the devil
The Delays - Long time coming

Playlist for Friday 4-11-2011

4-5

Biffy Clyro - Bubbles
ACDC - It's a long way to the top
Foster the people - Houdini
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Arcade Fire - Rebellion

5-6

Jungle Book - Bare Neccessaties
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Metronomy - The Look
Paul Weller - The Changing Man
Paddy Casey - Sweet Suburban Sky

6-7

Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage
MGMT - Time to pretend
Rainbow - Since you've been gone
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Radiohead - Just
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

Playlist for Thursday 3-11-2011

4-5

Teddybears - Punkrocker
SBTRKT - Wildfire
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Metronomy - The Look
Ocean Colour Scene - Get Away
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Weezer - Island in the sun

5-6

Smiths - The boy with the thorn in his side
ACDC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
Kasabian - Fire
Strokes - Someday
Radiohead - Jigsaw falling into place
Royksopp - So easy

6-7

St. Vincent - Cruel
Dire Straits - Walk of life
Pigeon Detectives - I found Out
Ramones - I wanna be sedated
Iron Maiden - Bring your daughter
The Shins - New Slang
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever

Playlist for Wednesday 2-11-2011

4-5
Rilo Kiley - portions for foxes
Rolling Stones - Miss You
William Shatner - Common People
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Arcade Fire - We used to wait
Depeche Mode - Precious

5-6
ACDC - thunderstruck
Stone Roses - Lovespreads
Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
Motorhead - The Game
Rodriguez - Sugar Man
Vampire Weekend - A Punk
Regina Spektor - Us

6-7
Cloud COntrol - Gold Canary
James Brown - This is a man's world
Broken Social Scene - Shoreline
The Stylistics - Can't give you anything
Phoenix - Too Young
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

Playlist for Tuesday 1-11-2011

4-5
Feist - How come you never go there
Blur - Out of time
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Radiohead - Karma police
Tim Buckley - Once I was
Queens of the stone age -Make it with Chu
Flaming Lips - Mr. Ambulance Driver
Bob Dylan - Tangled up in blue
Of Monsters & Men - Little Talk

 5-6
The National - Start A War
The Tallest Man on earth - The dreamer
Wilco - I might
Beirut - Nantes
Horslips - Trouble with a capital T
Kings of leon - Knocked Up
Colin Hay - Overkill

6-7
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Nick Cave - Into my arms
Pixies - Debaser
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
The Who - I can see for miles
The Jezabels - Easy to love
jimi Hendrix - Castles made of sand

Playlist for Thursday 27-10-2011

4-5
The Polyphonic Spree - Running Away
Tom Petty - American Girl
Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Queens of the stone age - No one knows
James Vincent McMorrow - Breaking Hearts
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Kavinsky - Nightcall

5-6
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Allman Brothers - One Way Out
Daft Punk - Something About Us
Primal Scream - Move on up
Marc Bolan - 20th Century Boy
Wild Flag - Romance
Josh Ritter - Girl In A War

6-7
Beatles - Ticket to ride
Green Day - Basket Case
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Foster The People - Houdini
New Order - Hellbent
Stone Roses - Fools Gold
Josh Rouse - Streetlights

Playlist for Wednesday 26-10-2011

4-5
The mama's and papa's - California Dreamin
TuneYards - powa
Booker T - Green Onions
Phoenix - 1901
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Kasabian - LSF
REM - Shiny happy people
Tom Waits - Chicago


5-6
Weezer - Sweater Song
Cure - A Forest
Midlake - Roscoe
Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
Kavinsky - Nightcall
Thin Lizzy - Cowbell Song
The High Kings - Whiskey In The Jar
White Lies - Death

6-7
The Clash - Should I stay or should I go
Massive Attack - Angel
OK - here i go again
Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes
The Doors - LA Woman
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamen

Playlist for Tuesday 25-10-2011

4-5
Destroyer - Savage night at the opera
Low - California
Eddie Veddar - Hide your love away
Queen - Don't stop me now
St. Vincent - Cruel
Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Sigur Ros - Staralfur

5-6
Metronomy - The Look
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Noah & The Whale - 5 years time
ACDC - you shook me all night long
The Weeknd - What you need
Bob Dylan - Subterranean homesick blues
The decemberists - Down by the water
Cut Copy - Out there on the ice

6-7
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole
Eels - In my dreams
Okkervil River - The Valley
Cat Stevens - I love my dog
The Enemy - We'll live and die in this town
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
The Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
SBTRKT - Wildfire

Playlist for Friday 21-10-2011

4-5
Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
The Who - Pinball Wizard
Electric Six - Danger High Voltage
Cashier No 9 - Lost At Sea
The Coasters - Down in mexico
Futureheads - Decent days & Nights
The Police - Roxanne
Oasis - Whatever
Wilson Pickett - Land of a 1000 dances
Oh Land - Sun of a gun

5-6
Gin Blossom - Follow you down
Janelle Monae - Faster
A flock of seagulls - I Ran
Foster The People - Call it what you want
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the jungle
Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
5th Dimension - Age of the Aquarius

6-7
Kinks - You rreally got me
SBTRKT - Wildfire
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister
Miike Snow - Black & Blue
Ladyhawke - My Delerium
kula Shaker - Hush
Morrissey - Suedehead
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman

Playlist for Thursday 20-10-2011

4 - 5

Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Ian Brown - F.E.A.R.
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
Erasure - Oh l'Amour
Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

5 - 6

Air - Kelly Watch The Stars
Thin Lizzy - Emerald
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Jim Henson - Bein' Green
Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
Ham Sandwich - Animals

6 -7

Vanilla Ice - Ice, Ice Baby
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Beethoven - Ode To Joy (Symphony No.9)
Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

Playlist for Wednesday 19-10-2011

4 - 5

The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
Little Green Cars - My Love Took Me Down To The River
R.E.M - Shiny Happy People
Paul Simon - Graceland
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
B.B.King - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss

5 - 6

Brenton Wood - Oogum Boogum
Foo Fighters - Best Of You
Ham Sandwich - The Naturist
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination

6 - 7

Kraftwerk - The Model
UB40 - 1 In 10
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
U2 - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
DJ Shadow - I've Been Trying
Beck - Devil's Haircut
Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People

Playlist for Tuesday 18-10-2011

4-5
Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City
The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
Feist - How come you never go there
Thin Lizzy - The Rocker
Roots Manuva - Witness the Fitness
George Baker - Little green bag
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Beck - Go it alone
St. Vincent - Cruel
David Bowie - Jean Genie
Stone Roses - Fools Gold

5-6
Wilco - I might
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Drums - Lets go surfing
Foster the people - Call it what you want
Dire Straits - Money for nothing
Radiohead - Thinking about you
The Weeknd - What you need
The Who - I can see for miles

6-7
Faith No Harm - Easy
Other Lives - For 12
The Police - Driven to tears
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Beatles - Blackbird
We are scientists - After Hours
Bill Callahan - Rococo Zephyr
Midlake - Acts of man
Laura Veirs - Nightingale
Arthur Russell - I couldn't say it to you face
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving

Playlist for Monday 17-10-2011

4-5
The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight
Ben Kweller - This Is War
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
James Brown - The Boss
Other Lives - For 12
Cat Stevens - Here comes my babby
Ash - Oh Yeah
ACDC - Thunderstruck
Air - Alpha Beta Gaga

5-6
Kasabian - Fire
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Stone Roses - Made Of Stone
lana Del Rey - Video Games
Raconteurs - Salute your salution
Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name
Cream - White Room
Faith No More - Epic

6-7
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Little Green Cars - my love took me down to the river
Belle & Sebastian - If she wants me
Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Death Cab for Cutie - You are a tourist
Kula Shaker - Hush
TuneYards - Powa

Playlist for Friday 14-10-2011

4-5
The Ramones - Baby, I love you
The O'Jays - For the love money
Rory Gallagher - Philby
A Banda Mais Bonita Da Cida - oração
The 4 of us - Sunlight
Prince - Little Red Covervette
Phoenix - Too Young
CCR - Down the corner

5-6
Metric - Gold Guns Girls
Beatles - Help
The Mock Turtles - Can you dig it?
Gins N' Roses - Paradise City
Cut Copy - Hearts on fire
Morrissey - Suedehead
The Clash - Train In Vain
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Grace Jones - Pull up to the bumper

6-7
Foster the people - Call it what you want
LL Kool J - Mama said knock you out
Kings Of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Cure - A Forest
Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
The Grid - Swamp Thing
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Arcade Fire - Rebellion

Playlist for Thursday 13-10-2011

4-5
Phoenix - If I ever feel better
The Who - 20th Century Boy
The Levellers - What a beautiful day
Foster The People - Call it what you want
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
UB40 - One in ten
Doves - Snowden
Graham Coxon - Freak Out
John Martyn - Solid Air

5-6
Director - Reconnect
Isley Brothers - Take me in your eyes
Rory Gallagher - As The Crow Flies
Metronomy - The Look
Cashier No. 9 - Goldstar
The Stranglers - Golden Brown
The Cure - Lullaby
Weezer - island in the sun

6-7
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Tom Petty - running down a dream
Wilco - I Might
High Kings - Whiskey In The Jar
ACDC - Thunderstruck
Air - All I Need
Eels - Souljacker Pt 1
Bobby Womack - Across 110th St
Satie - Gymnopedies

Playlist for Wednesday 12-10-2011

4-5
Cream - I feel free
5th Dimension - Age of Aquarius
The National - Brainy
Lloyd Cole - Lost Weekend
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Terry Reid - Tinker Taylor
The New Pornographers - Failsafe
Audioslave - Cochise
Nick Drake - One of these things first
ACDC - Hells Bells

5-6
Friends - I'm his girl
Al Green - Take me to the river
Cashier No. 9 - Lost at sea
New Order - Temptations
Kasabian - Processed Beats
The Jam - Beat Surrender
Ryan Adams - Rocks
Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Muse - Uprising

6-7
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
The High Kings - Whiskey in the jar
Blur - Tender
Matt & Kim - Daylight
Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
dEUS - Hotellounge
Nick Cave - Red Right Hand

Playlist for Tuesday 11-10-2011

4-5
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
The 4 of us - Mary
Toro Y Moi - New Beat
Mott the hoople - All the young dudes
Paolo Nutini - Candy
Midlake - It covers the hillside
Horslips - Dearg Doom
Radiohead - Just
The Who - I can see for miles

5-6

Doves - Pounding
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Kenny Rogers - Just dropped in
Cashier No. 9 - Goldstar
Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Destroyer - Downtown
Gnarles Barkley - Crazy

6-7

Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking
Empire of the sun - We are the people
The Clash - Should I stay or should I go
Badly drawn boy - Once around the block
Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side
Foster the people - Houdini
TV Girl - Benny and the jets
ACDC - Whole Lotta Rosie

Playlist for monday 10-10-2011

4-5
Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
Moby - Run Home
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
The Mohawks - The Champ
The Clash - Straight to hell
Manfred Mann - Blinded by the lights
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero's - 40 day dream
Marlena Shaw - Wade in the water
Lemon Jelly - Nice weather for ducks
The Waterboys - Fishermans Blues

5-6
St. Vincent - Cruel
The Jam - Start
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You
Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away
Radiohead - Jigsaw falilng into place
Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
DJ Shadow - I've been trying

6-7
Eels - In My Dreams
Gary Newman - Music for Chameleons
Goldfrapp - Goldfrapp
Other Lives - For 12
Neil Young - Cinnomen Girl
New Order - Hellbent
Kings Of Leon - Taper Jean Girl
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life

Playlist for Friday 7-10-2011

4-5
MGMT - Time to pretend
Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 dances
James - Sit Down
This Club - I won't worry
Outkast - Hey Ya
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Lovin Spoonful - Summer in the city
Foster The People - Houdini

5-6
Ramones - Bop
Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
Tom Petty - American Girl
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
De La Soul - Eye Know
Miike Snow - Black & Blue
Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

6-7
Katrina & the Waves - Walking on sunshine
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
Christy Moore - Joxer goes to Stuttgart
Cure - Close to me
Interpol - Lights
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Irelands Call

Playlist forThursday 6-10-2011

4-5
Cashier No. 9 - Goldstar
Dire Straits - Money for nothing
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Talk Talk - Its my life
Other Lives - For 12
Rage Against The Machine - Renegades of Funk
Bob Dylan - Don't think twice, its alright
Arcade Fire - Rococo

5-6
Police - Roxanne
School of seven bells - ILU
The Band - The night they drove old dixie down
lana Del Rey - Video Games
The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drum
Grinderman - Palaces of Montezuma
Cure - Just Like Heaven
Stars - Your Ex-lover is dead

6-7
dEUS - Constant Now
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Wilco - I might
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
ACDC - Back In Black
Blur - Song 2
DJ Shadow - I've been trying

Playlist for Wednesday 5-10-2011

4-5

Gary Numan & the tubeway army - Are friends electric
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
Zutons - Valerie
Bill Withers - Use Me
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Maps
Destroyer - Downtown
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Holy Ghost - Wait & See

5-6
The Clash - Train in vain
Deus - Constant Now
The Tallest Man on earth - The Dreamer
Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat song
Kinks - A well respected man
DJ Shadow - I've been trying
Beach Boys - God only knows
The Band - Caravan

6-7
The Asteroid Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
The Devine Comedy - Something for the weekend
Phoenix - 1901
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill
The Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Radiohead - Everything in its right place
The steve miller band - Take the money and run
Friends - I'm His Girl

Playlist for Tuesday 4-10-2011

4-5

Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
Lambchop - Up with People
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners
Friends - I'm his girl
Kool and the gang - Jungle Boogie
Metronomy - The Look
Jimi Hendrix - Castles made of sand
Laura Marling - I was just a card

5-6
Beatles - Help
Lana Del rey - Video Games
Deus - Constant Now
The Cults - She Sells Sanctuary
Doves - Black & White Town
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Depeche Mode - Precious
The Decemberists - Down by the water

6-7
Eagles - Life in the fast lane
Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified
Lisa Hannigan - knots
The National - Start A War
Wilco - I might
Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
Kinks - Lola
Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone

Playlist for Monday 3-10-2011

4-5

Julia Stone - Catastrophe
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Lisa Hannigan - Knots
Moby - In My Heart
St. Vincent - Cruel
Bob Dylan - I want you
Foster the people - Call it what you want
Death Cab for cutie - Doors unlocked and opened
Lana Del Rey - Video Games

5-6
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Who - My Generation
Wilco - I Might
Deus - Constant Now
Ladyhawke - My Delerium
Holy Ghost - Do it again
Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special
Other Lives - For 12

6-7
Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
Josh Ritter - Girl in the war
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
PJ Harvey - The words that maketh murder
Paul Weller - You do something to me
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
Kings of Convenience - I'd rather dance with you
The Coral - In The Morning
SBTRKT - WIldfire

Playlist for Friday 30-9-2011

4-5
Dire Straits - Money for nothing
Foo Fighters - Best of you
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Smiths - Charming Man
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing

5-6
Florence & The Machine - Dog days are over
ACDC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Noah & The Whale - 5 years time
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Other Lives - For 12
Jam - Going Underground

6-7
Gene Kelly - Singing in the rain
Creedance Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now
Cake - Short Skirt Long Jacket
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
The 52's - Rock Lobster
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
The Mama's & Papa's - California Dreaming

Playlist for Thursday 29-9-2011

4-5

The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Brendan Benson - Folk Singer
Darwin Deez - Radar Detector
Blur - Girls & Boys
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Doves - Snowden
Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
Foster The People - Houdini
Maria Doyle Kennedy - 40 Days
Metric - Gold Guns Girls

5-6

Iggy Pop - Lust for life
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
Destroyer - Poor In Love
Madness - It must be love
Arcade Fire - Ready to start
The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Coming
The Clash - Train In Vain
Beck - Everybodys gotta learn sometime

6-7

White Table - Delta Spirit
Cat Stevens - Here comes my baby
Holy Ghost - Do It Again
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole
The Knife - Pass this on
Scott Matthews - Elusive
Gymnopedies 1
Le Galaxie - You feel the fire
Janes Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Field Music - Them that do nothing

Playlist for Wednesday 28-9-2011

4-5

Phoenix - If you ever feel better
Cake - Love you madly
Simon & Garfunkel - 59th street bridge song
The Jezebels - Easy to love
Pearl Jam - Alive
Cults - Go Outside
Average White Band - Pick up the pieces
Deus - Constant Now
Kings of Leon - California Waiting
Morrissey - Suedehead
Hives - Hate to say I told you so

5-6

Frank Turner - Photosynthesis
Iggy & The Stooges - I wanna be your dog
Blind Melon - No Rain
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
James - Laid
Outkast - Hey Ya
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil

6-7

Jackie Moon - Love you sexy
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Other Lives - For 12
The Strokes - Someday
Field Music - The Rest is noise
Metronomy - The Look
Al Murray - Morning Sun
Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun

Playlist for Tuesday 27-9-2011

4-5

This Club - This Club
Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
Weezer - Island in the sun
Mando Diao - Motown Blood
Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
Metronomy - The Look
Kraftwerk - The Model
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Powderfinger - Waiting for the sun
John Martyn - Sunshines Better
Tahiti 80 - Gate 33
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

5-6

White Lies - Death
Tom Petty - Running down a dream
Phoenix - Everything is Everything
Eels - Looking Up
Joe Tex - I gotcha
Wilco - I might
Crosby, Stills, Nash - Our House
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Maniac
ACDC - Shoot to thrill
Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City

6-7

Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress
Baby Huey - Hard Times
Destroyer - Savage Night At The Opera
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - War
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Jimi Hendrix - Castles made of sand
Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
The Antlers - French Exit
Rolling Stones - Paint it black

Playlist for Monday 26-9-2011

4-5

I am Kloot - Proof

The National - Fake Empire

Hem - Half an Acre

Wilco - I might

Groove Armada - If everybody looked the same

Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes

Other Lives - For 12

Spoon - The way we get by

Neil Young - Harvest

Twin Shadow - Shooting Holes

Laura Marling - I was just a card

Faith No Harm - Epic

5-6

The Decemberists - Down by the water

Foo Fighters - The Pretender

The Clash - Police & Thieves

The Weeknd - What you need

REM - Bad Day

Fanfarlo - I'm a pilot

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

6-7

MIA - Paper Planes

Owen Pallet - This is the dream of Win and Regine

Bob Dylan - Positively 4th St

Tune Yards - Powa

Steve Winwood - Valerie

Feist - How come you never go there

Interpol - Heinrich Maneuver

Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of silence

Mayer Hawthorne - A Long Time

Eels - Novacaine for the soul

SBTRKT - Wildfire

Playlist for Friday 23-9-2011

4-5

This Club - I won't worry
Faces - Stay with me
Kasabian - Fire
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Kiss - God gave rock and roll to you
Arcade Fire - Ready to start
Green Day - Time of your life
ACDC - You shook me all night long

5-6

Electric Six - Danger, High Voltage
Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
Foster The People - Houdini
The Cure - A Forest
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue
Le Galaxie - You feel the fire
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

6-7

Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
Elliot Smith - Son of Sam
Fred Falke - Golden Cage
Other Lives - For 12
New Order - 60 miles per hour
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
The 4 of us - Mary
Robert Randolph - I need more love
Lana Del Rey - Video Games

Playlist for Thursday 22-9-2011

4-5

Rory Gallagher - Philby
Kings of Leon - The Bucket
Stereophonics - T-Shirt Sun Tan
Beach House - 10 mile stereo
The Fall - Touch Sensitive
Small Faces - Itchykoo Park
De La Soul - Eye Know
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
REM - Its the end of the world
White Lies - Death
Lana Del Rey - Video Games

5-6
An Emotional Fish - Celebrate
Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Neil Young - Mr. Soul
Goldfrapp - Oh La La
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
Metronomy - The Look
Unit 4 + 2 - Concrete & Clay
White Denim - Drug
Futureheads - Decent days and nights
The Drums - Lets go surfing

6-7
Perez Prado - Guaglione
ACDC - Whole Lotta Rosie
Other Lives - For 12
Laura Marling - Rambling Man
Beirut - Nantes
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Deus - Constant Now
Tahiti 80 - Gate 33
Outkast - Hey Ya
Queen - You're my best friend
Arctic - Old Yellow Bricks

Playlist for Wednesday 21-9-2011

4-5
Eels - Prizefighter
Destroyer - Poor in love
Dusty Springfield - Son of a preacher man
Doves - Black & White Town
John Denver - Leaving on a jetplane
Foster the people - Houdini
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Black Keys - 10 am automatic
Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robot
Other Lives - For 12
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and money

5-6
Arcade Fire - Rococo
Gill Scott Heron - The Bottle
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
We are scientists - After Hours
Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
The Strokes - Machu Picchu
Queens of the stone age - No One Knows
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

6-7
Nirvana - Lithium
The Beatles - Blackbird
Yuck - Get away
Cat Power - He War
Air - All I Need
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
Elbow - Lippy Kids
Interpol - Lights
REM - Shiny Happy People

Playlist for Tuesday 20-9-2011

4-5
Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl
Eels - Railroad man
The Kinks - You really got me
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Led Zeppelin - Over the hills and far away
Band of horses - The Funeral
The Meters - Cissy Strut
Reef - Place Your Hands
Cults - Abducted
Bob Dylan - Don't think twice its alright
Radiohead - Jigsaw falling into place
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

5-6
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
Simon & Garfunkel - The only living boy in New York
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero's - 40 Day dream
Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon
Blues Brothers- Everybody needs somebody to love
Tahiti 80 - Gate 33
Dreadzone - Little Britain
Midlake - It covers the hillside
ACDC - Back in Black

6-7
Laura Marling - The Beast
Style Council - Speak like a child
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Police - So Lonely
Kasabian - LSF
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
TuneYards - Powa

Playlist for Monday 19-9-2011

4-5
Cults - Go Outside
Rolling Stones - Start me up
Eels - Souljacker part 1
Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Queen - We are the champions
The Antlers - French Exit
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Laura Marling - The Beast
Eels - Hey Man

5-6
Arcade Fire - Rebellion
Cloud Control - This is what I said
An Emotional Fish - Celebrate
Stone Roses - Made Of Stone
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
Whipping Boy - When we were young
Bon Iver - holocene
Captain Beefheart - Big Eyed Beans from venus

6-7
The Band - The Night they drove old dixie down
MGMT - Time to pretend
Why? - A sky for shoeing horses under
Imelda May - Johnny Got a boom boom
The Decemberists - Down by the water
Muse - Time is running out
The Frank & Walters - After All
Patrick Wolf - Time of your life
Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town
Luke Kelly - Monto

7-8
The Divine Comedy - National Express
Phoenix - Too Young
Cure - A Forest
Beirut - East Harlem
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Ham Sandwich - The Naturist
John Martyn - Glory Box
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
Destroyer - Downtown
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever
UNKLE (Feat Nick Cave) - Money & Run
The Blades - Hot for you
Metronomy - The Look

Playlist for Friday 16-9-2011

4-5
The Clash - Should I stay or should i go
Cee Lo Green - Its OK
Vampire Weekend - A-punk
Prodigy - Out of space
The Coasters - Down in Mexico
Primal Scream - Rocks
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
Tom Petty - Running down a dream
Death Cab For Cutie - You are a tourist
Beach Boys - I get around

5-6
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Reverand & The Makers - Heavyweight champion of the world
Peter Gabriel - red Rain
Cathy Davy - Sing for your supper
David Bowie - Lets Dance
This Club - I won't worry
Police - Can't stand losing you
Cake - Short skirt, Long Jacket
Doves - 10:03
Blondie - One way or another

6-7
The Flaming Lips - Race for the prize
The Lovin Spoonful - Summer in the city
Ladyhawke - My Delerium
Blur - Country House
Director - Reconnect
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
Basement Jaxx - Bingo Bango
Thin Lizzy - The Boys are back in town
Betty Wright - A Clean Up Woman
Foster The People - Houdini

Playlist for Thursday 15-9-2011

4-5

Charlie Parr - 1922 Blues
Phoenix - 1901
Marshell Tucker Band - Can't you see
Metronomy - The Look
Thin Lizzy- Cowboy Song
Laura Marling - Sophia
Zutons - You will you want
Curtis Mayfield - Move on up
Destroyer - Savage Night at the opera
Kasabian - LSF
Billy Bragg - A New England

5-6

Cake - The Distance
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Bee Gees - Jive Talking
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Foster the People - Houdini
The Commitments - Try a little tenderness
Noah & The whale - 5 Year's Time
Cream - White Room
Funeral Party - Finale

6-7

Chairman of the board - Give me just a little more time
Doves - Snowden
BB King - Paying the cost to be boss
Blur - The Universal
Cashier No. 9 - Goldstar
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Arctic Monkeys - Old Yellow Bricks
The Cat Empire - Hello
Big Audio Dynamite - Rush
Tallest Man On Earth - King of Spain
The Clash - Complete Control
Tune Yards - Powa

Get On Your Boots!

Though your running shoes would probably be a better idea...!

The National Lottery Dublin Half Marathon takes place this Saturday September 17th in Phoenix Park.

There will be a number of gate and road closures in the Park to facilitate the event.

Gates to be closed:

Chapelizod Gate  Until 2.00 pm (except to Hospital traffic)

Islandbridge Gate  10.00 am – 12.00 noon

Knockmaroon Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Castleknock Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Ashtown Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Cabra Gate  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Roads to be closed to traffic:

Acres Road  7 am – 3.00 pm

Wellington Road  10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Upper Glen Road  9.30 am – 2.00 pm

Chesterfield Ave (upr)   8.00am – 2.00 pm

Chesterfield Ave (lwr)   8.00 am - 2.00 am

Ordnance Survey  9.30 am - 2.00 pm

Back Road  10.15 am– 2.00 pm

Military Road  10.00 am – 12 noon

Best of luck to everyone taking part!

Playlist for Wednesday 14-9-2011

4-5

Cake - Short skirt, long jacket
Smiths - How soon is now
Weezer - Say it ain't so
The Stooges - I wanna be your dog
Foster the people - Houdini
Destroyer - Downtown
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
David Holmes - I heard wonders
Chairlift - Bruises
Bush - Glycerine
Eels - Fresh Feeling

5-6

The Who - Pinball Wizard
Bee Gees - Love you inside out
Art Brut - Good Weekend
Radiohead - High & Dry
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
Boo Radleys - Wake up
Yuck - Get Away

6-7

Bright Eyes - First day of my life
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
The Allman Brothers - One Way Out
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
Aeroplane - We can't fly
Noisettes - Wild young hearts
Cure - Just like heaven

Playlist for Tuesday 13-9-2011

4-5

Beats for beginners - You can't kill a dead man
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beirut - East Harlem
Dave Matthews Band (feat Jurassic 5) - Work it out
Daft Punk - Something about us
Deus - Constant Now
Black Strobe - I'm a man
SBTRKT - Wildfire
AC/DC - You shook me all night long
Green Day - Time of your life

5-6

George Clinton - She's a bad mama jama
The National - Lit Up
The Jam - Going Underground
Laura Marling - I was just a card
Smiths - The boy with a thorn in his side
Bobby Womack - California Dreaming
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
Al Murray - Morning Sunshine
Blur - Tracy Jacks

6-7

Muse - Feelin' Good
Beatles - Revolution
Tahiti 80 - Gate 33
Basement Jaxx - Rendez Vu
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
Foster the people - Houdini
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Feist - How come you never go there
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Jamaroquia - Space Cowboy

It's (not) Raining Men...

... But it was pretty windy out there this evening. So with that in mind, we decided to have a spontaneous wind-themed show! Well, mostly.

We didn't have time to get to all the great requests we received but here are just some of the texts our lovely listeners sent in:

Stormy weather by Billy holiday

Jimmy H - wind cries Mary! Can't beat a bit of Hendrix! Julie.

Not sure if Gareth Brooks comes into the category of songs you won't play :) .... but how about the 'thunder rolls' - Amanda

Hi John Can you play Hurricane by Bob Dylan please John k

Winter winds, mumford and sons. Darkwind, the saw doctors, wild is the wind, david bowie/nina simone, the fart song, south park! White Bhoy

Wind of change.scorpions - chris

Can you play some Air, wind is air in motion after all - GK

Mandolin wind  by Rod Stewart

Ill wind bob dylan! White Bhoy... Play it for kerry fan's...  

Can you play Scorpions - Wind Of Change, a good old 80s ballad. Dermo

John, red hot chillies, the zephyr song, as a zephyr is a cool breeze! Do ya like apples - White Bhoy

Guns N Roses - November Rain, The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men, The Cure - Prayers for Rain, Prince - Purple Rain, Dinah Washington - September in the Rain, Adele - Right as Rain, The Butch Cassidy & Sundance song - Raindrops Keep Falling, the Pogues - A Rainy Night in Soho - Keith

Hi LiveDrivers, how about Riders on the Storm by The Doors? Siobhánio

Have you played 'Waiting for the Hurricane'? N4Nobby

Something in the air by Thunderclap Newman

Wat about rhiana umbrella song, because they get broken in the wind. Teresa. 

The Hollies, the air that I breathe. Is that pushing it? Pajo

How about Raining Blood by Slayer? Go on you know you want to play it!

Brewing up a storm, by The Stunning?

Like a hurricane... Neil young?

Hurricane by athlete - Mark

Otherwise Rainy Monday by shiny toy guns ( - also Mark)

David Bowie "Wild Is The Wind" and "Stormy Monday" by Little Milton - Keith

Lads, I'm tellin yez... Play Windy by The Association.. Proper song about the wind!! Tony

Can you play Earth, WIND and fire - September

Via Twitter:

Stormy Weather: Pixies / Bossanova 

Earth Wind & Fire - September. You can kill 2 birds with one stone there. Ger

Dare I say it, 'Wind Beneath My Wings' (No please don't play it) - also Ger

And possibly the most enthusiastic text ever:

Waiting for a hurricane me @rse...ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE! 

Well said sir, well said...

Playlist for Monday 12-9-2011

Themed show: wind/hurricane

4-5
Stunning - Brewing up a storm
Laura Marling - I was just a card
New Order - Ceremony
Tahiti 80 - gate 33
Depeche Mode - Walking in my shoes
Frank Turner - Photosynthesis
Stone Roses - She bangs the drum
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
School of seven bells - Windstorm
Jimi Hendrix - The wind cries Mary
Pink Floyd - The great gig in the sky

5-6
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
Joni Mitchell - Stormy Weather
Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds
David Bowie - Wild is the wind
Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
Bob Dylan - Blowing in the wind
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Zephyr Song
Doves - Sky starts falling
The Doors - Riders of the storm

6-7
Air - All I Need
Bill Callahan - Rococo Zephyr
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air
Scorpions - Wind of change
Florence & the machine - Hurricane Drunk
Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling
AC/DC - Stormy May Day
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Neil Young - Like a hurricane
Slayer - Raining Blood

Playlist for Friday 9-9-2011

4-5

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye
Supergrass - Moving
Kingsmen - Louis, Louis
Phoenix - Too Young
Robert Randolph & The family Band - I need more love
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Queen - Bicycle Ride
Doves - Pounding
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

5-6
Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Futureheads - Decent Days & Nights
This Club - I won't worry
James - Sit Down
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On
Cut Copy - Hearts on fire
The Jam - Beat surrender
Foster The People - Pumped up kicks
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland

6-7
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA
New Order - Temptation
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac
ELO - Evil Woman
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
edwin Starr - War
Electric Six - Danger, High Voltage
O'Jays - For the love of money
ACDC - You shook me all night long
Prodigy - Out of space

Go Skyride!

Sky Ride Dublin, a fun family cycle day supported by Dublin City Council and Sky, takes place this Sunday from 10am til 4pm. Participants will be able to cycle the designated route at their own pace & there'll be an array of entertainment along the way.

Road closures are in place before, during and after the event, as follows:
 

Location 1:
From 07:00 hrs to 18:00hrs on Sunday 11th September 2011

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Sir John Rogersons Quay, City Quay, Cardiff Lane, Macken Street, Grand Canal Street Lower, Clanwilliam Place, Warrington Place, Mount Street Upper, Merrion Square South, Fitzwilliam Street, Fitzwilliam Square, and Baggot Street Lower (from Pembroke Street to Mespil Road / Haddington Road).

Location 2:
From 07:00 hrs on Saturday 10th September 2011 to 22:00 hrs on Sunday 11th September 2011

Merrion Square West, Dublin 2.

Those travelling in the listed areas are advised to use alternative routes where possible.

Sky Ride is an event created to inspire and help everyone whatever their age or ability to get on their bikes and have fun. The event has been organised by Dublin City Council, in partnership with Sky and will see approximately 8km of the city centre’s roads closed to traffic. Participants will be cycling the route at their own pace, with an array of entertainment along the way. Further information on the event is available from Goskyride's website.

Playlist for thursday 8-9-2011

4-5
The Bees - Minha menina
The Cure - Lovecats
Cloud Control - this is what I said
Talking Heads - Crosseyed & Painless
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio
Manu Chao - Me gustas tu
Eddie Veddar - Hide your love away
The Zutons - You will you won't
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Depeche Mode - Wrong

5-6
James Brown - get Up
Kasabian - Club Foot
ELO - Livin Thing
Weezer - Island in the sun
Police - Can't stand losing
Destroyer - Downtown
Dolly Parton - 9-5
White Denim - Drug
Metronomy - The Look
ACDC - Rock n' Roll Train
Midlake - It covers the hillside

6-7
Kings of Leon - Red Morning Light
the Who - I can see you for miles
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Gill Scott Heron - The Bottle
Foster The People - Houdini
Delgados - Come in from the cold
John Lennon - Watching The Wheels
Doves - Snowden
Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk
The mama's & the papa's - California Dreamin
Lambchop - Up with People (Zero 7 remix)
Yes - I've seen all good people

Playlist for Wednesday 7-9-2011

4-5
Steve Earl - Lungs
Stars - Wasted Daylight
John Cale - Things
The Kills - Nail in my coffin
Steely Dan - Reelin in the years
Miike Snow - Black & Blue
Elbow - Lippy Kids
The Stone Roses - She bangs the drum
Deus - Constant Now
Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl

5-6
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
REM - Drive
Kasabian - Fire
Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
the 4 of us - Mary
The pogues - A rainy night in Soho
Clap your hands say yeah - Maniac

6-7
Eels - My beloved Monster
The Cure - A Forest
Pretty Lights - Finally Moving
America - Horse With No Name
Yuck - Get Away
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Queen - Your best friend
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Arcade Fire - Ready to start

Playlist for Tuesday 6-9-2011

4-5

The Cult - She sells Sanctuary
Butthole Surfers - Dracula From huston
Rilo Kiley - The Execution of all things
Kasabian - LSF
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Midlake - Fortune
Doors - LA Woman
This Club - I won't worry
Raconteurs - Old Enough
Public Enemy Ltd - Rise

5-6

Martin Sexton - Diner
The National - Conversation 16
Mooney Suzuki - Alive & Amplified
Martin Sexton - Found
Happy Mondays - Step On
Stornoway - I saw you blink
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
The Black Keys - Heavy Soul
Moby - In my heart

6-7

Wild Beasts - Hooting & howling
Nirvana - Come as you are
The Rapture - How deep is your love
Small Faces - Two Faces
Police - Roxanne
White denim - Drug
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero's - 40 day dream
Blackstreet - No diggity
Foster The People - Houdini
William Shatner - Common People
Feist - How come you never go there

Playlist for Monday 5-9-2011

4-5
Queen - Your my best friend
James - Laid
Foster The People - Call it what you want
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
James Brown - The Boss
The Beatles - I want to hold your hand
Ash - Girl from mars
Futureheads - Hounds Of Love
Destroyer - Savage night at the opera
Fleet Foxes - Bedouin Dress
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the dirty ground
Pulp - Mis-shapes

5-6
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
The Jam - Start
Pixies - Where is my mind
Brenton Wood - Oogum Boogum
Blur - The Universal
Tuneyards - Powa
Pearl Jam - Better Man
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Bats in the Attic
Kinks - You really got me
Matt & Kim - Daylight

6-7
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
The Vapours - Turning Japanese
TV Girl - Benny & The Jets
Primal Scream - Rocks
Dr. Dog - The Rabbit, The Bat and the Reindeer
Beirut - East Harlem
Isreal Kamakawiwo'le - Somewhere over the rainbow
Mayer Hawthourne - A Long Time
Temper Trap - Love Last
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance

Playlist for Friday 2-9-2011

4-5

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
Jimmy Cliff - Harder they come
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Sinead O' Connor - Mandinka
Twin Shadow - At My Heels
OMD - Enola Gay
Santigold - Lights Out
The Charlatans - The only one I know
Pulp - Disco 2000

5-6

Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance
Arcade Fire - Rebellion
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
Yuck - Get Away
Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 was my number
Republic Of Loose - I like Music
Clap Your hands say yeah - Maniac
Arcade Fire - Ready to start

6-7

Jimmy Cliff - You can get it if you really want
Beirut - Nantes
ACDC - Thunderstruck
Lykke Li - Get Some
Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero's - 40 day dream
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
The Go Team - Get it together
Guns 'N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

Not the Teddy Bears Picnic, but the Electric Picnic!

Electric Picnic takes place this weekend at Stradbally Hall until Sunday. 35,000 people are expected to attend.

Most traffic can be expected this afternoon and this evening and also on Monday morning. Bear in mind, this year day tickets will be available on Sunday so traffic is likely to be busy throughout the weekend.

Gardaí are appealing to any motorists not attending the event to avoid the area and take an alternative route. There is no official closing time for campsite on Mondayso motorists are in no hurry to get on the road on Monday. Be sure it’s safe to drive before you take to the road.

ROAD CLOSURES:

The Abbeyleix Rd (R427) will be closed from Money Cross to Stradbally until 4am on Sunday and from 8am until 3pm on Monday. Access to Stradbally along this route will only be for residents and event traffic during these times.

HOW TO GET THERE:

From the M7 southbound approaching Stradbally, motorists should exit at J16 Portlaoise East to the Ballydavis Interchange and continue onto the Bloomfield R/A. All event traffic (with the exception of coaches, mini buses, camper vans and taxis) will go straight at the Bloomfield R/A.

From the M7 northbound motorists should exit at J17 Portlaoise Centre to the Togher Interchange. Event traffic will proceed on the Abbeyleix Rd to Meelick Jct, onto the Timahoe Rd and join other traffic at the Bloomfield R/A.

Travelling on the M8 Cork/Dublin Rd exit at J4 Urlingford and travel through Durrow, Abbeyleix and turn right to Ballyroan and onto Money Cross.

Portlaoise traffic will be directed onto the Knockmay Relief Rd, to the Clonminham Relief Rd and then on towards the Bloomfield R/A.

With the exception of coaches, mini buses, camper vans and taxis all traffic approaching Stradbally from Carlow/Athy will travel through Stradbally town to the Portlaoise Rd.

From Vicarstown divert at Garran’s Cross to the Athy Rd and continue through Stradbally.

CAR PARKS:

All car parks are free of charge and will be signposted. Car parks A, B and C can be accessed via the Abbeyleix Rd and have been open since this morning (Friday).

Camper van car parks will open at 7pm on Thursday and can be accessed via the Timahoe Rd (R426).

The car park for Family Camping ticket holders will be located at the GAA Pavilion, on the Timahoe Rd (R426).

Parking for day ticket holders (Sunday only) can use car park Z on the N80 Portlaoise Rd.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Buses:

Bus Éireann will provide a bus service to Electric Picnic from Custom House Quay in Dublin.

• Tonight, services will run from 10am to 6pm.
• On Saturday, they will run from 10am to 1pm.
• On Saturday, and Sunday return buses will run from 10pm to 1am and on Monday they will run from 6am to 2pm. Tickets cost €28 return.

Bus Éireann will also operate services to the festival from Cork and Galway as follows:

• Bus will depart from Cork Bus Station, Parnell Place at 10am on Friday and will depart from Stradbally, Co. Laois at midday on Monday.
• Bus will depart form Ceannt Station, Eyre Square in Galway at midday on Friday and the return service will depart from Stradbally, Co. Laois at 10am on Monday.

Kelly travel will also operate bus services to Electric Picnic as follows: On Friday services will depart from Limerick at 10am, Cork at 11am and from Galway at 11am.

• On Sunday services will also be available from Limerick, Cork and Galway at 9am.
• On Monday, return services will depart from Stradbally Hall from 1am.
• A designated drop off zone for taxis will be located on Main St (N80).

Train:

The nearest train station is Portlaoise station which is about a 15 minute drive from the festival site. For scheduled train services to Portlaoise click here.  Shuttle buses will operate from Portlaoise train station to the festival site. The times of the shuttle buses will correspond with incoming Irish Rail services.
Return shuttles are available on Monday from 8am until 1:30pm. Tickets can be purchased on the bus.

Playlist for Thursday 1-9-2011

4-5

Teddybears - Punkrocker
James Brown - Say it loud
Nathan Fake - You are here
ACDC - School Days
White Stripes - We're going to be friends
Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
Lykke Li - I'm good, I'm gone
Paul Weller - The Changing Man
UNKLE - Money & Run
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick blues
The Antlers - I don't want love
Sugerhill Gang - Rappers delight

5-6

Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
The Beta Band - Squares
The Who - Pinball Wizzard
Metronomy - The Look
Midlake - Roscoe
George Baker - Little Green Bag
Sebastian Tellier - La ritournelle
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
Billy Bragg - Waiting for the great leap forward

6-7

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Bats in the attic
Paolo Nutini - Pencil full of lead
The Velvet Underground - Who loves the sun
New Order - Hellbent
Chemical Brothers - Galvanise
Foster The People - Houdini
Chromeo - Word Up
Everything Everything - Leave the engine room
MGMT - Time to pretend
Violent Femmes - Blister in the sun
Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zero - 40 Day Dream

Playlist for Wednesday 31-08-2011

4 - 5

Cars - Just what I needed
Noah & The Whale - 5 years time
Beirut - Santa Fe
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
Chatham County Line - Chip of a star
Baccara - Yes Sir, I can boogie
Belle & Sebastian - Slow Graffiti
Starshine Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Minnie Ripperton - Inside my love
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

5 - 6

The Clash - Complete Control
Director - Reconnect
Rory Gallagher - As the crow flies
Santigold - Lights Out
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
The Cure - Close to me
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero’s - Home
Boo Radleys - Wake Up
Cloud Control - Gold Canary

6 - 7

REM - its the end of the world
Cut Copy - Hearts on fire
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your lover
Primal Sceam - Rocks
Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
Holy Ghost - Wait & See
The Drums - Lets go surfing
The Jezabel - Easy to love
Pulp - Common People

Playlist for Tuesday 30-08-11

4 - 5

Cathy Davy - Little red
Johnny Cash - A thing called love
Little Green Cars - My love took me down to the river
Led Zeppelin - Out on the tiles
Groove Armada - If everybody loked the same
Doves - Snowden
Thin Lizzy - The Rocker
Lykke Li - Get Some
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Arcade Fire - Wake Up

5 - 6

Beatles - Ticket to ride
Foster the people - Houdini
Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
Saw Doctors - I Useta Love her
The Tallest Man on earth - The Wild Hunt
Pulp - Something Changed
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Audioslave - Cochise
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero’s - Janglin

6 - 7

The Enemy - we’ll live and die in this town
Bon Iver - Holocene
The Smiths - This charming man
Rufus Wainright - California
Dusty Springfield - Son of a preacher man
Austra - Lose it
Mic Chrisopher - Hey Day
Commitments - In The Midnight Hour
Empire of the sun - Walking on a dream
Marlena Shaw - California Soul