Ronan Collins

Ronan Collins played Crocodile Shoes by Jimmy Nail on his lunchtime Radio 1 show the other day. At the end of the song he referred to various collaborators Nail has had over the years. He mentioned Paddy McAloon. This is why despite some of the extremely dodgy stuff he plays Ronan Collins is still one of the good guys. Why does someone who has heard of and is familiar with the body of work of Paddy McAloon have to give up a full five minutes of his already short daily show to allow (a) Joe Duffy to summarise the storm of hysterical bullshit he expects to whip up in the day’s Liveline and (b) the news to be read in Irish for the four listeners out there who might be able to distinguish it from Latvian. Time to put the foot down Ronan, you’re better than that.