"I have a gig!" Singer James Vincent McMorrow found it hard to contain his excitement when he spoke to RTÉ News following the announcement of his forthcoming concert at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin.
The musician will headline the gig on 10 June, the first of a number of pilot live entertainment events which were announced yesterday as the events industry looks towards reopening.
McMorrow said he's delighted, not just for himself but for the 40 people in his band and crew, all of whom, as he put it have been given "a sense of purpose" again.
Among the pilot events announced by the Government were a festival-style event at Phoenix Park to be held on 26 June with 3,500 people in attendance and, on the same day, an indoor event at the INEC in