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Robert Higgins is a writer and journalist originally from Longford. His work has appeared in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Hot Press, Wordlegs, the Galway Review as well as anthologies by Doire Press and Abandoned Darlings. His work has also been featured on RTE Radio Ones Arena. He currently lives in Dublin where he is completing his novel. He is represented by the Marianne Gunn OConnor Agency. He tweets @roberthiggins89

Music

Night Comes On: Memories of Leonard Cohen

Robert Higgins Nov 14, 2016 0

I was fifteen when I first became aware of Leonard Cohen. He’d always been there really – a part of my father’s holy trinity alongside Dylan and Springsteen – but it was only then that I could finally put a face and identity to the deep…

Music Review

Review | Leon Bridges conjures up a timeless sound on ‘Coming Home’

Robert Higgins Jun 30, 2015 0

Leon Bridges Coming Home One could be forgiven for, upon pressing play on Leon Bridges’ debut album, wondering whether they had in fact stumbled upon a record that has been gathering dust in the back of a recording studio somewhere…

Retrograde

Memory Lane – A look back at Nas’ 1994 iconic hip hop debut, ‘Illmatic’

Robert Higgins May 27, 2015 0

This weekend, New York rapper Nas makes the trek to the midlands of Ireland to perform his 1994 debut album Illmatic in its entirety at Mullingar's Life Festival. Widely recognised as a classic in the rap pantheon and hailed by many as one…

Full Metal Jersey

Full Metal Jersey | Chapter 6

Robert Higgins Apr 17, 2015 0

EPILOGUE OCTOBER 2013 It was a Sunday in the middle of October and town had never been so quiet. To an outsider or someone just passing through, it might have seemed like as though an entire community had been evacuated overnight. Mass –…

Full Metal Jersey

Full Metal Jersey | Chapter 5

Robert Higgins Apr 10, 2015 0

KICKING THE HABIT OCTOBER 2008 The year was 2008 and change was everywhere. Ireland was suffering its worst economic crisis in decades and the shadow of austerity loomed large as the excesses of the Celtic Tiger slowly retreated from…

Full Metal Jersey

Full Metal Jersey | Chapter 4

Robert Higgins Apr 3, 2015 0

THE OXEGEN FIASCO JULY, 2007 It was the first weekend in July of 2007. The weather was great for a change and we were all eagerly awaiting our first Oxegen, a music festival, which took place annually in the grounds of Punchestown race…

Full Metal Jersey

Full Metal Jersey | Chapter 3

Robert Higgins Mar 27, 2015 0

OUR FINEST HOUR MAY, 2007 It was about one year into Pascal’s reign that we began to see visible improvement. Despite his many detractors, it was difficult to argue that his controversial training methods weren’t getting results. We were…

Full Metal Jersey

Full Metal Jersey | Chapter 2

Robert Higgins Mar 20, 2015 0

THE MAN FROM ARGENTINA OCTOBER, 2006 It was an October evening down in the New Park that we were first introduced to the man who would oversee us all the way up until minors. His name was Pascal Reilly. He was a man of contradictions.…

Full Metal Jersey

Full Metal Jersey | Tribulations of an Underage Footballer

Robert Higgins Mar 13, 2015 0

INITIATION – THE ANNUAL GRANARD U-10’S TOURNAMENT APRIL, 1998 They got me when I was nine. We were in Ms Kilduff’s class, when she announced that the training for the U-10’s would be starting that Tuesday evening up in the Old Park with…