Damien Dempsey predicts it’s all good at the moment

Though he may have a sixth sense, Michelle Cooney finds musician Damien Dempsey is still very present to his loyal fans

DAMIEN DEMPSEY can see into the future. When I meet the Dublin singer songwriter he looks tired and slightly withdrawn. Understandable after a week that began with him dragging a drowning man to safety from the River Slaney near Enniscorthy just before he was about to play the Strawberry Festival. He jumped out of his tour bus and waded into the water having spotted two swimmers in distress. The bravery of his efforts was remarkable enough but his revelation that he predicted it would happen seems extraordinary.

“I was thinking about it last week, I had it in my mind, I just knew something was going to happen,” he states simply, almost to himself. “I was thinking of it happening, I was thinking of something to do with water...” he trails off as he searches for an explanation “you get that the odd time, little premonitions, you know.”