Irish musicians share €32.4m royalties bonanza

Musicians including U2, Paul Brady and Christy Moore, along with thousands of other Irish musicians, last year shared €32.4m from the public performance and broadcast of their songs.

This follows the Irish Music Rights Organisation — which collects royalties on behalf of the artists concerned — confirming that licence revenues last year increased by €379,178, or over 1%, to €36.8m.

The IMRO directors’ report states that “public performance and overseas revenue contributed largely to this increase”.