Longtime music journalist Mike McGrath-Bryan presents a monthly catch-up on the latest from Ireland's DIY and independent music communities - as Gaeilge briste agus Béarla cliste.

01. CMAT - EURO-COUNTRY
02. Poor Creature - The Whole Town Knows
03. Chippy - Boy Out Your Window
04. The Altered Hours - Lay There With You
05. Ian Nyquist - Jig
06. Able Drugger - Howl of the Mute
07. Binomial - Trim-
08. Curtisy & Hikii - Fuss
09. Post-Punk Podge - Plassey Air Redux
10. Throwing Shapes - Chosen Talk
11. The Redneck Manifesto - Hidden Hands
12. Ireland - Unnecessary Journeys
13. Malthusian - The Summoning Bell (excerpt)

Mike McGrath-Bryan - Raidió Mar Dhea - June/July 2025

Maya agus Lucy Gaelach

Prison (Oh Lord) - Week 7

[Verse 1]
Yeah, welcome to Dublin, where dreams go to bleed
Where the rent's sky-high and there's mouths to feed
Lads on the corners, deals in the dark
Cops turn a blind eye, dogs still bark

Can’t walk home late without watchin’ your back
Every alley’s got a story, every story’s gone black
They say it’s the capital, land of the brave
But the city feels more like a concrete grave

[Chorus]
We’re tired, yeah, we’re done with the lies
Same old shit with the same fake ties
We shout, but no one listens to our pain
Dublin’s burnin’, drownin’ in the rain

[Verse 2]
Fuck all the suits, sittin’ pretty in the Dáil
While we freeze in the flats with damp on the wall
Kids raised on scraps, streets raise 'em fast
Grew up too quick, now they wearin’ a mask

Shootings on news, but we just scroll on
It’s normal now - all the innocence gone
Heart of the city, but it’s beatin’ in fear
You hear a bang at night, pray it ain’t near

[Chorus]
We’re tired, yeah, we’re done with the lies
Same old shit with the same fake ties
We shout, but no one listens to our pain
Dublin’s burnin’, drownin’ in the rain

[Bridge]
Used to be pride in these cobbled streets
Now it’s broken bottles and blood on the seats
We love this town, but it don’t love back
So we rap our truth, let the world react

[Outro]
So hear us now, from Northside to Tallaght
We ain’t backin’ down, even if it gets madder
We’re tired, yeah, but we won’t be silent
Dublin's cryin’, and the streets stay violent

[Chorus]
We’re tired, yeah, we’re done with the lies
Same old shit with the same fake ties
We shout, but no one listens to our pain
Dublin’s burnin’, drownin’ in the rain

These Tricky Times - Welcome To Dublin

05_Fairytale of New York

01_The Fields of Athenry

04_Shy Boy

06_In the rare old Times

02_Out on the Oceans

03_Caledonia

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