Birdhill Radio

Birdhill Radio is small-town Irish radio in the truest sense, and that's a compliment. The playlist wanders. You'll get a bit of country, a bit of trad, whatever the presenter dug out that morning, because nobody here is chasing a format clock. Genre labels barely apply. This is radio in Ireland at its most local: trad, céilí band tunes, the odd showband-era pop record, whatever the morning brings. What holds it together is the voice between the records. There's a warmth to the links that the big Dublin stations can't fake, the sound of someone talking to neighbours rather than an audience. St…