Showband hits take centre stage

RONAN COLLINS, the broadcaster and TV presenter, cannot wait to go back to his roots this month.

He misses the buzz, the adrenalin rush and the crowd’s anticipation, waiting for him to take to the stage to sing those classic showband hits.

“I love doing it,’’ he says. “It is very nostalgic, that’s what it is. It is looking back to a different time, when Ireland was a different place. We try to recapture it all with a terrific band and all those great songs.