Aslan frontman Christy Dignam has said he would love for his daughter Kiera to carry on his legacy, declaring that she is "the only person on Earth who has the right" to sing his songs.
The 62-year-old singer entered palliative care last January and has spent the last few months at home in Finglas, where he is being cared for by his family.
Speaking during a wide-ranging interview with Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ Radio 1 on Monday, the singer-songwriter said that if he was "looking down from Heaven", he would "dearly love" for his daughter Kiera to carry on his legacy.
He said: "If there is anyone on Earth who has the right to sing those songs, it would be her.
"In some ways, she has been unlucky being my daughter, because people think [her success] is just because she is Christy Dignam's daughter. But she has a real talent. I wouldn't say that and have her going out making a show of herself. She has a real talent and a lot of the stuff has been written around when she was growing up...
"She is the only person on Earth who has the right to do it in that way."
Dignam also spoke about his love for his wife Kathryn, whom he met when he was 14 years old, telling Tubridy that she is his "buffer to the world".
He said: "I've made loads of dodgy decisions in my life and loads of mistakes. I don't regret them because I am happy where I am at now. And if I had to go through them to arrive here, then I am quite happy with that.
"But one decision... I feel like I won the lotto when I met Kathryn.
"She has always supported me, she used to come around putting up posters and she is still there.
"It is weird; you meet all these people through your life who you think are friends and there is a lot of bull**** out there. Your family is what it is really about. But a true friend is like gold dust... like hen's teeth.
"She protects me. She is like a buffer to the world to me. It’s amazing to have someone who you love enough and trust enough – there is nothing she would do to hurt me."
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The Ryan Tubridy Show, RTÉ Radio 1, Mon - Fri, 9am
