The London Ear 303 // Interview with Aislinn Logan
Hello from South East London!
On this week’s episode of The London Ear, I was delighted to finally get the opportunity to chat to London-based, Belfast musician, Aislinn Logan.
Aislinn has been releasing some incredible music for the past couple of years and it was great to chat to her about her new EP ‘Look I’m Flyin’. Lots of nerdy music production chat š
Here’s what was on this week’s playlist:
1. Biig Piig: Don’t Turn Around
2. Silverbacks: Dunkirk
3. My Sweet Beloved: The Invitation
4. Danny G, Tolu Makay and Jamel Franklin: D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
5. Fight Like Apes: Lend Me Your Face
6. Interview with Aislinn Logan (Part 1)
7. Aislinn Logan: Everything In Between
8. Interview with Aislinn Logan (Part 2)
9. Aislinn Logan: What Everybody’s After
10. Kyoto Love Hotel: Machine
11. James OR: You Know I Won’t
12. The New Ravis: Tequila Mockingbird
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You’re hoping to get an Irish passport? Your parent has one, your grandparent was born in Ireland, so you want to apply to get one. Can you get one?
The answer isn’t as straightforward as you may hope. But, eventually, you will be able to apply for an Irish passport.
You may think that doesn’t really make sense. In this post, I’m going to go through what you need to do and show you how to get yourself in a position to apply for an Irish passport.
You need to apply for Citizenship!
There are a couple of things you need to consider.
You need to be an Irish citizen to apply for an Irish passport. Passports can only be held by Irish citizens.
If you want to apply for a passport through your Irish born grandparent and your parent was born outside Ireland, you are not an Irish citizen. You need to apply for a Irish Citizenship before you can apply for a passport. It all comes down to who was born in Ireland.
It doesn’t matter if your parent holds an Irish passport, just because they hold an Irish passport doesn’t make YOU an Irish citizen.
There are other scenarios where you need to Register a Foreign Birth (For example, if your parent was a naturalised Irish citizen and you were born outside Ireland) but this post will only deal with applying for citizenship through an Irish born Grandparent.
Foreign Birth Registration, in itself, is a straightforward process but you need to have all the information you need to hand before you start the application.
As you are applying through an Irish born grandparent you will need documentation to show your family tree from your grandparent to you. That means you will also need your parent’s details.
Documents needed
These are the typical documents needed when Registering a Foreign Birth. Major Caveat, you may be asked for more documentation or slightly different documentation depending on your circumstances (eg adopted).
Documents Needed for The Applicant
Your original long form Birth certificate
If you’re married, original Marriage Certificate
If you’ve divorced and remarried: Divorce Decree / New Marriage Certificate
Certified Copy of your current Passport*
Proof of Name and Address. You need 3 documents showing your name and address. These can be Council Tax bills, utility bills, bank statements, P60s etc.
If you’ve Changed your name by Deed Poll, you need to submit the original and two documents showing your proof of usage of your new name for at least two years. Your Deed Poll must be valid for at least two years.
If the applicant is a minor, you will also need:*
Certified Copy of your current Passport* and a letter from school or Doctor confirming the child is a registered student or patient
One proof of address from the country in which they are resident
Two proofs of current residence from the minor’s parent
*Please note that this scenario is if the person applying for the minor is their Irish citizen parent.
As Ireland is not your place of birth and you are applying for citizenship, you would normally hold a passport from another country.
Documents Needed For The Applicant’s Irish Parent
Parent’s original long form birth certificate
If you’re married: original Marriage Certificate
If you’ve divorced and remarried: Divorce Decree / New Marriage Certificate
Certified Copy of your current Passport or If your parent is deceased: Original Death Certificate
If they’ve changed their name by Deed Poll, you need to submit the original and two documents showing your proof of usage of your new name for at least two years. Your Deed Poll must be valid for at least two years.
Documents Needed for Irish-Born Grandparents
If you’re married, original Marriage Certificate
If you’ve divorced and remarried: Divorce Decree / New Marriage Certificate
Certified Copy of your current Passport or If your grandparent is deceased: Original Death Certificate
If they’ve changed their name by Deed Poll, you need to submit the original and two documents showing your proof of usage of your new name for at least two years. Your Deed Poll must be valid for at least two years.This is not an exhaustive list, you may be asked for further details.
Never send your valid passport with the Foreign Birth Application, always get your witness to certify / notarise a copy and send that.
Once you’ve got all your documents together, you can start the actual application. It’s an online process and there is no definite time frame as to how long the actual process takes. It could take a year or more.
It’s all really simple from here. You’ll notice tabs on the application form for the applicant, parent and grandparent and then, of course, your contact details.
The first thing you’ll notice is that there are a number of options for ‘Please indicate the citizenship category to which the applicantās parent belongs‘. This trips people up a little. The default is ‘Born Abroad to a Parent Born in Ireland’, if you are applying this way, leave it in the default setting. Look at it this way – like a family tree.
Irish Born Grandparent
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Irish Citizen Parent – Born Abroad to a Parent Born in Ireland
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Applicant
All you need to do then is fill in the ‘Irish Citizen Parent – Born Abroad to a Parent Born in Ireland’ details and the ‘Irish born Grandparent’ details.
Screenshot of Foreign Birth Registration page on the DFA website
Once you go through the the online form, and you submit the application, you will need to print off a pdf which is populated with all your answers. From this your witness needs to sign the Certificate of Identity.
Once you have everything compiled, send it to the address stated on the pdf. Make sure you send it by Special Delivery (from the UK) or equivalent so you can track that all your documents have been received.
Once you do this, it’s now waiting time.
When the process is complete, you will receive a Foreign Birth Registration Certificate which confirms you are an Irish citizen. Now, you can apply for a passport.
Good luck! Always contact your local Embassy or Consulate for any advice.
Nessymon.com takes no responsibility for any errors, omissions or changes that may happen to this process. Always contact your local Embassy or Consulate for advice.
Hello! Welcome to this week’s episode of The London Ear where I cram as much new music as possible in one hour.
If you’re an Irish musician, in Ireland or living somewhere abroad, please do get in touch, I’d love to feature you on the show! The air time is there for you, use it!
The London Ear Show 302 // July 25 2020 Playlist
Here’s what was on the menu on this week’s show.
1. Gemma Dunleavy: Up De Flats
2. Nealo: Heart Food For Hard Times
3. Aislinn Logan: What Everybody’s After
4. elephants and castles: Outdoor Kids
5. Danny G, Tolu Makay and Jamel Franklin: D.A.R.L.I.N.G.
6. Jyellowl: Doesn’t Feel Like
7. Juliet Turner: Burn The Black Suit
8. The Clockworks: The Future Is Not What It Was
9. Mike Got Spiked: Our Friend, Tim
10. Tebi Rex: I got My whole
11. Gemma Bradley: Obsessed
12. Owen Denvir: I Want You So Bad (Acoustic)
13. Elaine Mai: Somewhere Else
14. Peter J Maculey: Pony On The Fare
15. One Morning in August:Believe
Listen On Demand to The London Ear
Thanks for listening, The London Ear broadcast on DAB radio, Saorview, nationwide in Ireland and outside Ireland you can listen online. You can listen to the show again on the RTĆ player including all previous episodes. The show is broadcast every Saturday at 1300.
We believe that if you have a platform, no matter how big or small, you should always use it for the better, Iād like to hope some people do see us in a light where we can inspire people to be themselves and be more accepting and open with themselves and others.
Cherym are a Derry pop punk trio, consisting of Hannah Richardson (Lead guitar and lead vocals), Nyree Porter (Bass guitar and vocals) and Alannagh Doherty (Drums and vocals). Over the past while, they’ve been intoxicating audiences and listeners with their upbeat, brash music, all with a side helping of fun.
I caught up with the gals, albeit socially distanced, to find out how 2020 was treating them.
Hello! Who are you and where are you right now?
Hello we are CHERYM and we are all currently in our rehearsal space cos this is basically the first time weāve been together since lockdown.
You guys released your first music in 2018. Was that your first foray into music? How did it all start?
Honestly, its difficult to pin point how/when it all started because i can think back to so many occasions were i thought “this is it, i think we can make this happen”. I think we were very lucky that we had some sort of appeal to people from the start, i don’t know why but were so grateful because they pushed us to keep going. To discover who we were as a band.
-Nyree
You always seem to be having fun, is that the secret to Cherym?
DO NOT take yourself so seriously. When I first started the band, I was so scared of how I looked and presented myself on stage and Hannah told me, “right now when we’re playing, we’re the coolest people in the room, have fun and just be yourself.” It honestly made me into the musician I am today.
-Nyree
Describe your songwriting process?
We’re very fortunate that we can just go into the practice room, jam and suddenly, we have a song. Obviously we have to put a lot more into the song to have the final outcome but yeah, were very blessed lads.
-Nyree
Who have you been recording with?
Wee Caolan Austin, down in Smalltown America!
-Nyree
When you go to the studio do you have a definite idea of what you’re looking for or how much input does a producer have?
We have an idea but I think when we’re in the studio, we suddenly have more ideas to make it better. I think because Caolan is so cool and lets us explore ideas, we do get to make the song 100x’s better. And we are very open to any ideas that Caolan would have because he is a LEGEND.
-Nyree
Over the past while, there has been a lot of discussion in Ireland, trying to ensure that female musicians get as much air time as guys do. Why do you think it’s such a struggle for presenters (if they can choose their own music) or radio stations to acknowledge talented females?
I feel like thereās just always been a massive struggle for women in any career, even if we are being represented in some respects, itās never to the point where there is accurate population representation for women in music. As well as this thereās always been an obsession for boy bands in radio so itās hard to get away from the so called ānormā and to a more progressive social acceptance for women in the industry too. We are all acknowledged, but not as much as we should be.
-Alannagh
Abigail is such a sweet song to an ex. Instead of being moany, it’s upbeat and positive but more importantly, it’s a song from one girl to another. I think it’s really important to ensure songs like Abigail reach the mainstream. It helps acceptance of LGBTQ equality. Do you consider yourselves role models, how comfortable are you with that?
We believe that if you have a platform, no matter how big or small, you should always use it for the better, Iād like to hope some people do see us in a light where we can inspire people to be themselves and be more accepting and open with themselves and others. Weāre quite comfortable with who we all are as people, all being members of the LGBTQ+ community and we would hope that if someone was struggling with that part of themselves that they could look to a song like Abigail and think āactually Iām not weird or Iām not an outsider, this is normal and this is meā as it should be in the mainstream media too.
-Alannagh
You’ve recently released a single, ‘Weird Ones’. It’s a difficult time to release new music but at the same time, people seem to have a little more time to embrace new music. Was ‘Weird Ones’ planned for release before Covid happened?
I think we tend to pace ourselves between releases and donāt want to rush, we definitely planned to release it the early months of 2020 so it was going to be released during the pandemic no matter what I guess.
-Alannagh
Your sound is huge recorded, fun, brash in your face. But, your live shows have gathered a lot of attention and over the past year, you’ve played a shed load of shows. What’s the best thing for you about a Cherym live show ?
I think the best thing about our shows is that we never really take ourselves seriously. Itās always good craic and a class atmosphere cause we just let ourselves go and really enjoy the time we get on stage. We just always be taking the p*ss and youāll never see us being serious during a set, we just love having a good time.
-Alannagh
The Oh Yeah centre is a huge part of the Northern Ireland music community and you guys won the Oh Yeah Contender award at the NI Music Awards in 2019. How important has it been for you to know you have their backing?
Extremely important! The Oh Yeah centre work really hard to give local artists some kind of platform so honestly it was like a dream come true to win that award. Hopefully weāll do them all proud !!!
-Hannah
You’ve released a number of singles now and an EP. It would still be very early days for a long player. What’s your next move?
FEBRUARY 2021 !!!!!!
-Hannah
How do you consume music?
Spotify mostly. All of us are constantly trying to find new bands and new artists to listen to, sometimes itās like weāre in competition with each other like who can find the best band or whatever. We get a lot of music from each other Iād say.
-Hannah
Can you recommend a few albums which show where you’ve come from on your musical journey?
Imagine: It’s 2021, the pandemic is over and you’re about to go out on stage for your biggest headline gig to date. What venue would you like it to be?
