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A huge thank you from IMRO to Irish Blood Transfusion Service!   We’d like to extend a special thank you to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) for visiting us today and delivering an incredibly informative talk on the vital importance of platelet donation here in Ireland.   Platelets are tiny cells in our blood that help it to clot and stop bleeding — a small but mighty part of what keeps us alive and well. Platelets are essential for patients battling cancer, undergoing chemotherapy, receiving bone marrow transplants, or facing major surgery. Unfortunately, platelets only last 7 days outside the body, meaning there’s a constant need for generous donors to help hospitals care for patients in urgent need.   We’re so grateful to the IBTS team for raising awareness and inspiring more people to consider becoming platelet donors. Every donation truly makes a difference — it could be the gift that saves someone’s life.   If you’d like to learn more or register to donate, visit www.giveblood.ie   #GiveBlood #PlateletDonation #IBTS #IrishBloodTransfusionService #SaveLives #DonateBlood #CommunitySupport #ThankYou

Ever dreamed of working in the music industry? Well we've got an exciting vacancy. Are you our next Licensing Administrator? Check out the link below for more info🔗 https://lnkd.in/e9PxaEJ6 ⏰ Deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday 10th October 2025 #JobFairy #MusicIndustry

📻 IMRO Radio Awards Hall of Fame 🎙️ Congratulations to John Bowman, Fr. Brian D’Arcy, and Scott Williams who are the 2025 inductees – honoured for their lasting impact, powerful voices, and decades of dedication to Irish radio. #IMRORadioAwards #HallOfFame #IrishRadio #BroadcastingLegends

IMRO has implemented the Matching Engine software solution from Spanish Point Technologies becoming one of the first performing rights organisations globally to adopt a fully integrated digital royalty processing system. The new platform, live since July 2025, processes streaming, broadcast, and live performance data in under 24 hours — enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency for our members. This development reflects IMRO’s commitment to delivering efficient, future-ready systems for music creators. #matchingengine

Congratulations to the Best Music Pub 2025 regional winners! These venues are at the heart of Ireland’s live music scene, championing great music in communities across the country. A huge well done to all of this year’s winners.🏆@irishpubawards #BestMusicPub2025

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Seán Rocks, broadcaster, actor, and the long-standing voice of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1. Through Arena, Seán championed Irish music and creativity with authenticity, passion and generosity. He created space for songwriters, composers and performers across genres to share their stories and be celebrated on a national stage. His commitment to the arts and his deep respect for Irish music made him a vital ally to our creative community and his voice became part of the fabric of cultural life in Ireland. On behalf of IMRO and the music creators we represent, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Seán’s family, colleagues and loved ones. 🕊

💐 FLOURISH STAGE TIMES 💐   All Together Now awaits this weekend! We’ve picked a few to flourish 🌞   Here’s who’s on our radar:   🌸 FRIDAY 01.08.   Bold Love Girlband! Cliffords Heartworms BBY Skinner Makeshift Art Bar   🌸 SATURDAY 02.08.   Bonya Madra Salach Bren Berry Pen Amsterdam Chloe Qisha Search Results The Altered Hours   🌸 SUNDAY 03.08.   The Awning pigbaby Martin Luke Brown Ishmael Ensemble Antony Szmierek Radio Free Alice Shark School The Null Club   Catch these petals on the Flourish stage, we'll see you there ✨

The creative sector has responded to EU AI Act Implementation Measures: "Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfaction with the published GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI Guidelines, and the Template for disclosure of a sufficiently detailed summary of training data under Article 53 of the EU AI Act. Despite the extensive, highly detailed and good-faith engagements by rightsholder communities throughout this process, the final outcomes fail to address the core concerns which our sectors – and the millions of creators and companies active in Europe which we represent – have consistently raised. The result is not a balanced compromise; it is a missed opportunity to provide meaningful protection of intellectual property rights in the context of GenAI and does not deliver on the promise of the EU AI Act itself. We call on the European Commission to revisit the implementation package and enforce Article 53 in a meaningful way, ensuring that the EU AI Act lives up to its promise to safeguard European intellectual property rights in the age of generative AI. We also call on the European Parliament and Member States, as co-legislators, to challenge the unsatisfactory process of this exercise, which will further weaken the situation of the creative and cultural sectors across Europe and do nothing to tackle ongoing violations of EU laws." Read more and view the full list of signatories here: https://lnkd.in/eaf3mfn2 🔗

'I'm sure that most people in this room will prefer to consume organic music as well as foodstuff.' New episode of the IMRO Podcast just dropped! Hosted by Jess Kelly (technology correspondent with Newstalk), our inaugural IMRO 360 Series event recently featured a panel of industry experts providing insights and opinions on the development of AI generated music. Tune in as Adriana Pérez-Gil, Dr. Barry Scannell, Eleanor McEvoy, Jackie Alway OBE, Adriana Moscoso Del Prado Hernández, and Daan Archer discuss copyright issues faced by the music industry and what the future may look like as we adapt to these changes in technology. 🤝 The IMRO Podcast is available on all major streaming platforms - https://lnkd.in/ejYqeU3c 📻

'Our creative works - that's how we have an income. […] But it has never been as challenging as it is now.'   In our new episode of the #IMROPodcast, you’ll hear from the CEO of IMRO, Victor Finn, Alan Kelly TD, Core Research Business Director Conor Hughes, and first, the chair of the IMRO Board, Eleanor McEvoy, highlighting the 2025 IMRO Ireland Music Report. 🕵️♀️💿   It was launched by Alan Kelly, Chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, and presented to IMRO members two weeks ago.   🎧🎙 https://lnkd.in/eg6tGSk9 The IMRO Podcast is available on all major streaming platforms. Tune in now!   You can find the full report here: https://lnkd.in/eWSpTN3A ⚡