Uilleann piper David Power is organising Dungarvan’s first music festival, writes Marjorie Brennan

HMV are to reopen their flagship Dublin store, on Grafton Street, with 40% off all vinyl albums, on the same day that independently owned record outlets celebrate Record Store Day. The most high-profile independent record shop in Ireland, Tower Records, dismisses HMV’s ‘record store celebration’ as a marketing ploy.