ISPCC / Childline and RTÉ 2FM have enlisted the help of Irish pop artists like Hozier, Dermot Kennedy, Kodaline and Picture This to raise funds for the charities.
Starting this Friday March 27th at 7pm, the artists listed in the schedule below will be live streaming performances on their Instagram accounts every day across two weeks. It kicks off with Hozier who will be performing on the Late Late this Friday too.
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) said it has recorded an increase in users of the Childline website of 26% in the week of 12 March when the Coronavirus crisis arrived in Ireland. Childline helps support children with a confidential counselling service. If you want to donate €4 TEXT CHILDHOOD TO 50300
Full line up of week one as follows
FRI 27th MARCH – HOZIER – @hozier
SAT 28 MARCH – DANNY O’REILLY – @dannythecoronas
SUN 29 MARCH – WILD YOUTH – @bandwildyouth
MON 30 MARCH – KODALINE – @kodaline
TUES 31 APRIL – DERMOT KENNEDY – @dermotkennedy
WED 1 APRIL – PICTURE THIS – @bandpicturethis
THURS 2 APRIL – GAVIN JAMES – @gavinjameslive
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
