The Boards of the
Irish Music Rights Organisation CLG (IMRO), Mechanical Copyright Protection
Society (Ireland) Ltd (MCPSI) and the Music Publishers Association of Ireland
would like to acknowledge the very sad news of the recent passing of their
friend and colleague Michael O’Riordan. Michael was a major player in the success of Release Records in the late
1960s, when the Irish music scene was mainly dominated by that label and its
unrivalled catalogue of showbands, ballad singers and cabaret acts. He was an
unrelenting campaigner for more use of all types of Irish music on radio and
television. More recently he concentrated on the publishing side of the
business through his Watermill publishing company. He also devoted much of
his time to mentoring those coming up
through the music industry. He was a director and
committee member of IMRO and MCPSI, served on the Music Board of Ireland and
was the current president of the Music Publishers Association of Ireland.
He is survived by his wife Dorothy and children Sinead, Catriona and Emmet.
Farewell dear friend.