A right and proper music legend rocked up to Festival of Writing and Ideas in Borris, Co Carlow, earlier this month - Dire Straits' bass guitarist John Illsley, who treated audiences to a few classics from his back pages.
Illsley recently published a new memoir, My Life In Dire Straits, and a new solo album, VIII - via RTÉ Nationwide, watch him perform the immortal Straits' classic Romeo & Juliet above.
