Two points about @sunilsharpe and the @Independent_ie revelation by @fionnansheahan. When I was producer in @RTE2fm Sunil was contracted by me as a regular contributor to, and collaborator with, the station& #39;s considerable dance and electronic music output....Thread

He was scrupulously efficient, courteous, talented and utterly drug-free. Yes, I was aware of his teenage troubles, but that was then, and he clearly learnt from the experience: what& #39;s not to like about that?....thread ..

Secondly, is he, or is he not, qualified for this new working party? Pretty sure the live music business, thinks so. If the main qualification for any such working party is a whiter-than-white past, then we really are back to the age of the Priest running the Disco...Thread

Cities work because of this whole mixing of people, ideas, cultures and so on. To must of us, that’s a slightly higher priority than an event in a teenager’s life 24 years ago.

We know that a vibrant music and nightlife/artistic scene in a city is associated with the creativity, innovation, and, ultimately, the wealth in that city.