Are artists misrepresented abroad? Are promoters deliberately misleading audiences and doing a disservice to the performers of Irish music and Irish music in general? Is there a need to protect our valuable traditional music ambassadors?

For many of the traditional and contemporary artists that are currently classified as within the ‘Irish traditional music’ category, touring is often the primary source of income. Artists or their agents/managers spend a good portion of their year arranging gigs, booking festivals and coordinating dates on the road. Given the genre, heavy rotation play on MTV isn’t an option, and in most cases royalty payments do not make up the bulk of an artist’s wage packet, therefore fees from appearances at gigs and the revenue...