Event in aid of paediatric ward in Sligo hospital, Mayo hospice and Roscommon youth services
is in prison getting his mugshot taken. He’s standing against the wall with the height markings. “That chart is wrong,” says his brother, singer and Dancing with the Stars alumnus Jake Carter. “There’s no way you’re six foot.”
Two prison officers, Officer Bolton and ACO Butler start doing an expert jive . “We’re a country prison,” says officer Bolton, now a little out of breath. “Country music is very big around here.”‘I’m just so relieved’: Tori Towey arrives home after charges dropped in DubaiThe difference between Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar on UK-Irish relations goes beyond tone
There are 389 prisoners in Castlerea but they are not present at the concert. The concert will later be piped into their cells on the prison TV station usually used for educational and informational programming. On Liveline this week some callers suggested it was unfair that the prisoners, unlike the prison staff and their families, couldn’t attend the gig in person.
The gig is happening because Nathan Carter’s tour manager, Gerard Butler, is the brother of jiving ACO Butler. “He asked if Nathan would play,” says Gerard, and adds teasingly: “He begged me.”On the tour of the prison, Carter and his band are quiet and respectful. It feels a little eerie because most of the prisoners are in their cells having tea. The corridors echo. The staff talk about the importance of education and vocational training and how hard the prisoners work and how skilled they are.
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