Irish music charts and radio stations largely ignore female and BiPoc artists. Before Imelda May’s ‘11 Past the Hour…’ album topped the National Album Charts this month, April 2020, an Irish woman had not been seen as a lead artist in the top album spot since Lisa Hannigan in 2016. It was with no help from Irish radio that Imelda reached the top spot. When Dermot Kennedy charted high (and post that period) he has reached over 490.42m radio impacts on Irish radio, Niall Horan reached 290.11m, Hozier reached close to 90m Imelda just reached #1 and is at 23.11m radio impacts.

That sounds crazy, right?

Women’s Work is delighted to welcome team lead and researcher on the report, Linda Coogan Byrne in conversation with Siobhan McAndrew to talk things through. Join the discussion and be part of the much needed change.