Petition to save music store

always had the goal of climbing the dormant volcano in Tanzania, Africa, but he needed a reason to do it. Then one day, a stranger inspired him.

“The lads in the station found out about Eoghan Gorman, they went into the square one day and did a bucket collection to raise a few bob,” Mr Sexton said.

Mr Gorman was in an accident just over a year ago while mountain biking on Ticknock mountain in Dublin. He fractured his C3 vertabrae and was left paralysed from the neck down.

“I already had Kilimanjaro booked and I wanted to do it for a charity. So, I thought I’d do it for him. I went down to his house thinking I’d be there for about 30 minutes, but I was there for nearly four hours.

“I was impressed by Eoghan, the stuff he was telling me, what he went through and what’s in store for him. We hit it off straight away. The paralysis is irreversible, and he spends a lot of time at the rehabilitation centre in Dun Laoghaire,” he added.

You can donate to the fundraiser in aid of Eoghan here: www.gofundme.com/f/fightwith-eoghan

A petition has been launched to save the iconic Dublin music shop, McCullough Pigott, after it announced its closure.

McCullough Pigott has been part of Dublin’s music scene since 1823 and was the go-to store for musicians, dealing with brass and woodwind instruments as well as pianos.

Denis McCullough was a trained luthier and piano tuner from Belfast. After a fire in his Dublin music store in the 1960s, the two companies merged and became McCullough Pigott.

But the historic store on South William Street is now set to close in a few weeks.

The shop posted on Facebook:

“Dear Customers, it is with deep regret that we inform you, on Monday, February 20, Musicroom/Hal Leonard Europe announced their plans to restructure their Musicroom consumer business in the UK and Ireland.

“This involves the closure of seven Musicroom retail stores, including Musicroom at McCullough Pigott Dublin. Please bear with us and we will post further updates when available.

The petition can be viewed on change.org and has a target of 5,000 signatories.