Daniel McConnell

But anyway, I just thought he was good value to get, not only on the policy side, but on the politics as well.

Very good, very good.

Well, that was probably one of the longest ones we've done, but I think it was well worth.

So thank you for sticking with us.

We'll be back next week.

But for me, Danny McConnell.

That's it from the Business Post podcast.

We'll see you next week.

You're very welcome back.

It's now time for the Culture Club and I'm delighted to say that our guest this week is none other than the singer, songwriter and global superstar, David Gray.

You're very welcome to the Culture Club.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

we've a lot to get through but I suppose the reason you're here is I suppose you've got your tour your past and present tour coming to Dublin Cork and Belfast this summer and this is off the back I suppose of your album last year Dear Life but it's past and present I suppose is the tone and tenor of the tour is that right?

And what's the pressure then in terms of maybe do you front load the new songs at the front of the show or do you kind of mix and match it or do you kind of have to dangle sort of a hit to kind of get everybody going?

I watched back in advance of this, I watched back your interview on Tommy Tiernan and you played, I think, After the Harvest.

I did, yeah.

And it was a beautiful acoustic version of that song, which is quite different to the album version.

Is there a temptation when you go live that you might not go with the band version that's the one on the album or do you kind of feel, nah, that's the version that probably people want to hear?

One of the things that's remarkable about artists like yourself is how good your voice has remained.