Plugd Records fills a gap online with new website offering mail order or collection in Cork city 

The well-regarded store is back in business, providing an outlet to buy music, but also a space to share the work emerging from Leeside's music scene 

Jimmy Horgan of Plugd Records in Cork. Picture: Emma Kelly

For over 15 years, Plugd Records, in its various incarnations, has been a haven for lovers of leftfield music in Cork, as well as a stronghold of support for the city’s various local scenes, including hosting gigs and instore appearances. With Covid-19 suddenly shuttering the shop’s former physical space for the foreseeable, record-slinger Jim Horgan had to adapt quickly.

“Initially I thought, yeah a few weeks off, great... which evidently wasn’t the case. I did a few 2km bike deliveries for the first while, more to keep in touch with folks, than anything. The realisation kicked in that the crisis would go a lot longer, so I took the time to really think about what I wanted to do with Plugd, which direction to take it.”