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BY JAMES MULHALL IRELAND’S whiskey industry could be in danger of dying out because of a lack of supply of mature whiskey.

Though Ireland is renowned across the world for Jameson, Tullamore Dew, Powers and more, the shortage may see smaller distillers petering out, a report claims.

But researchers think that copying Scotland’s successful whiskey model could save the industry.

There are currently just four distilleries in Ireland producing mature whiskey — whereas Scotland has 115 functioning with a further 30 under construction.

Scotland’s whiskey exports were in excess of £3.5billion last year versus Ireland’s, which brought in just £245million in comparison.

The Scottish industry is boosted by a wholesale market — something that Ireland does not have, despite calls from the Irish Whiskey Association to establish one.

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Pat Massey, director of consultancy firm Compecon, compiled the report on behalf of The Wild Geese Irish Whiskey.

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Lack of mature Irish whiskey puts industry under threat population terms, the Irish whiskey industry is dwarfed by its Scottish counterpart which illustrates the benefit of a proper functioning wholesale market for bulk Irish whiskey,” he said.

Scotland’s wholesale market has helped the whiskey industry in the country grow to its hugely profitable status, the report found.

There are currently 5,000 blended whiskies and hundreds of malts in circulation in the Scottish industry.

“The case for such a market has been made by the Irish Whiskey Association and we believe the Government has a fundamental role to play in supporting the SME sector as we work to grow the economy at home and abroad,” said Andre Levy, co-chair and founder of The Wild Geese Whiskey.

As well as a wholesale market, the report also stated that Ireland’s industry and economy overall would be greatly boosted by an increase in the number of smaller whiskey brands available.

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BY JAMES MULHALL ONE MILLION people will make their way to Ireland from around the world this Christmas.

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that he even got recognised by some German tourists when attending a wedding in Co. Mayo.

“These two women came over when I was having my breakfast and started saying Mr Hallelujah, Mr Hallelujah!” he joked.

“It was funny and then a while later I was heading out the front of the hotel and there was about 30 of them standing at their bus waiting to get a picture of me.”

Growing up, Fr Ray was from a musical family — and briefly considered the priesthood at 17 before opting for the civil service, where he stayed until he was 27.

But after deciding one Lent that he would go to Mass every week as his religious vow, he made the decision to enter the priesthood.

And it was during his seven years of training that he recorded his first album.

“A group of us formed a pop group when we were students,” he said. “I think we were the first boyband before Boyzone or Westlife or Take That!”

The band, named Rafiki, recorded a vinyl album for charity and while the group eventually came to an end, Fr Ray kept singing.

“I sing most weeks in my sermons in Oldcastle and if I go to a wedding or that I might be asked to sing,” he said.

This month marks a year since the release of his debut album, Where I Belong, but things are not slowing down for this Irish priest.

“People will be sick of Christmas songs soon but after this album I’d love to keep recording and touring,” he said.

“I just need to make sure my parish is looked after and then I would be able to travel around the world and meet people and share my story with them and the message of hope that is there.”

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JUGGLING a flourishing music career along with priestly duties is no easy task — but that is a normal day in the life of singing sensation Father Ray Kelly.

The Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath, native spends the majority of his time working in his parish in Oldcastle, Co. Westmeath.

But when he is not at the altar, 62-yearold Fr Ray is on stage across the world performing to his fans.

In April 2014, Fr Ray became an internet phenomenon when his version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah was uploaded to YouTube.

Performing the song in his parish church while officiating a wedding, his incredible voice was captured on camera.

“I think it’s on something like 46million views now,” he laughs.

Fr Ray, dubbed ‘The Singing Priest’, was in London this week to promote his second album, An Irish Christmas Blessing.

The jet-setting lifestyle is one he is growing more accustomed to, so the 48-hour stay in Britain did not faze him.

“I suppose I’ve been away about a dozen times this year,” said the priest who worked in Hackney, east London as a deacon in the late 1980s. “I’ve been to the US, the UK, Germany and Austria. Germany in particular I’ve been popular in, the video was very big there when it came out. It still is!”

Such is the level of his newfound fame in Germany

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