This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies described in our Cookies Policy.
You may change your settings at any time but this may impact on the functionality of the site.
To learn more see our Cookies Policy.
BROADCASTER AND songwriter Shay Healy appeared on the Saturday Night Show last night, giving a deeply personal interview about the effects of Parkinson’s.
Healy, who wrote Ireland’s winning 1980 Eurovision entry What’s Another Year, was diagnosed with the degenerative condition in 2004.
He spoke to host Brendan O’Connor about the disease, saying:
Parkinson’s operates on its own level, it does things do you you’ve no control over. Even now I’m feeling under a bit of pressure. It ties up the muscles.
But he said that when he is on stage,
The pains go away, the stammer goes away, everything recedes and I’m able to sing.
RTE
RTE
Healy then performed his new song, When You Become Stardust Too, in which he addresses a grieving loved one:
Dry away your tears now / Our souls go on forever / And maybe we will meet again / When you become stardust too.
Tuesday 26 November, 2024
Tuesday 26 November, 2024
Download our app
Shay Healy captured the nation's hearts on the Saturday Night Show
BROADCASTER AND songwriter Shay Healy appeared on the Saturday Night Show last night, giving a deeply personal interview about the effects of Parkinson’s.
Healy, who wrote Ireland’s winning 1980 Eurovision entry What’s Another Year, was diagnosed with the degenerative condition in 2004.
He spoke to host Brendan O’Connor about the disease, saying:
But he said that when he is on stage,
Healy then performed his new song, When You Become Stardust Too, in which he addresses a grieving loved one:
It was a powerful moment:
Ireland wept openly into its sofa cushions.
Whoops!
We couldn't find this Tweet
If you’re not sobbing too much, you can download the song here.
More: 8 pieces of dating advice from last night’s Saturday Night Show>
More: Johnny Logan and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids lads performing on the Late Late tonight>
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Brendan O'Connor satnightshow saturday night show Shay Healy shay healy new single Tears when you become stardust too