Hospitality Guidelines have been updated today, which will come as a welcome relief to many musicians, sound engineers, audio visual experts and others. 

So why the sudden change of the rules? Is this all because of the fallout from Katherine Zappone’s party? 

Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform and Green Party TD for Carlow Kilkenny, Malcolm Noonan, joined Kieran on the Hard Shoulder...

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