Elaine Malone: 'The music scene in Cork was very open and inviting'

The Cork-based Limerick native has been  nominated for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize album of the year with her band Pôt-pot

Elaine Malone (on right) and the other members of Pôt-pot.

Rare is the act who is compared to late, great Sinéad O’Connor. Particularly in Ireland, where O’Connor’s heady force is still felt in every facet of society, from politically active youth to whole communities of deep need. 

However, one artist has recently made the cut. Elaine Malone, the Limerick-native, who in 2023, was billed by Hot Press as a “more DIY and punk-rock Sinéad.”