Sunil Sharpe

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Sunil Sharpe, DJ and spokesman for the Give Us The Night campaign.
Failure to let nightclubs reopen ‘short-sighted ignorance’, says DJ

The Irish nightlife industry has accused the Government of “short-sighted ignorance” in failing to allow it resume some form of activity under the new(...)

“Covid-19 has severely restricted social gatherings and has been detrimental to the night time economy and culture of our cities, towns and villages,” Catherine Martin said. Photograph: Stephen Collins /Collins Photos Dublin
Group set up to improve night-time culture and economy

The Government is to set up a taskforce to develop a “vibrant and sustainable” night-time culture and economy, Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts and C(...)

The Central Hotel on Exchequer Street in Dublin.
Rí-Rá at risk in major redevelopment plan for Central Hotel

Some of Dublin’s most loved haunts could be about to disappear with planning permission being sought to partially demolish the Central Hotel on Excheq(...)

Some 73 per cent of Dubliners held a negative view of the city’s nightlife, with high prices and poor public transport major concerns. Photograph: Frank Whitney/Photographer’s Choice/Getty
‘Culture mayors’ proposed to boost nightlife in Dublin and Cork

The Night Mayors from Merrion Street could soon radically overhaul Ireland’s after-dark social scene and bring the curtain down on what a Minister des(...)

Sunil Sharpe: “If you hang for long enough, it will all work out”
Sunil Sharpe: ‘Techno really demands loyalty’

When Sunil Sharpe starts talking, it’s hard to get him to stop. From the ideal design for a DJ booth to techno’s resurgence, the Dublin DJ and produc(...)