Monthly Archives: April 2013

There’s an interesting connection between Tom Waits and Communicorp’s Lucy Gaffney… it’s not as strange as you might think?

First Published in The Irish Daily Mail  Saturday 20th April 2013 – Article Written by Shay Healy With a raspy voice that sounds like Ronnie Drew on helium, Tom Waits is one of the coolest American singer/songwriters of all time. His … Continue reading

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Comedy is the new tragedy. A glut of mirthless merriment….read on…

First Published in The Irish Daily Mail Saturday 13th April 2013 – Article Written by Shay Healy Comedy is the new tragedy. Somehow or other, stand-up comedians are now competing for gigs with singers and band, in venues that run … Continue reading

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Savage Interview with Shay – Healy spills the beans to Anton TodayFM

This Savage interview with Shay Healy was broadcast on Sunday 14th April 2013. In the space of 30 minutes; an unrelenting Anton Savage squeezed raconteur Shay to spill the beans on his tumultuous days at RTE in the 60’s, his … Continue reading

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Parkinson’s Awareness – Shay with G Hook on Newstalk Radio

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Parkinson’s Awareness – Shay With Matt Cooper on TodayFM

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World Parkinson’s Day Thurs 11th April – Unity Walk

World Parkinson’s Disease Day kicks in tomorrow Thursday 11th April… there’s lots on… chuffed my buddy Billy Connolly dropped by today to help us promote the event…. Everyone is welcome to join us for ‘The Unity Walk’ which gathers at … Continue reading

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This is Billy Connolly singing my song “The Country And Western Supersong”.. on the video of The Secret Policeman’s Ball..was I chuffed…was I what?

This is Billy Connolly singing my song “The C&W Supersong” on the video of The Secret Policeman’s Ball..was I chuffed…was I what?..Billy..the hottest comedian on the planet singing my song on one of the biggest shows of the year… Singing … Continue reading

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Hell….You can brutalise some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time…..read on…

First Published in The Irish Daily Mail Saturday 6th April 2013 – Article Written by Shay Healy A poll carried out with political parties by a Sunday paper, last week was dull “in extremis” and didn’t look like it was … Continue reading

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Pigeon Dogs (The Bow Wow Tax)

First Published in The Irish Daily Mail Saturday 30th March Article Written by Shay Healy In these straitened times, more transparency in public matters would take the edge off the panic which is currently engulfing the public at large, manifesting … Continue reading

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What’s Another Year? The Big Day Came And Went And I’m Still Here

First published in The Irish Daily Mail March 29th 2013 Article written by: Shay Healy The Article: So here I am…70 years old …shell-shocked and unbelieving…. still gazing at the world through the eyes of a 29 year old “boy”…until … Continue reading

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