Meet Ireland's newest popstar CMAT: 'I’m not trying to be a normal girl — I never was one'

With a Brit Awards nomination to her name and a Choice Music Prize-sweeping breakthrough, is Claire Mary-Alice Thompson Ireland's next pop superstar?

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, CMAT. Picture: Nina Val

• Irish popstar CMAT caused a stir on the Brit Awards' red carpet on Saturday with a cheeky dress that showed a hint of her derrière. In October, Kate Demolder chatted to the popstar as she released her second album.