Kiera Dignam follows late father’s footsteps and joins Rock Against Homelessness line up

Kiera Dignam will be performing at this year's Rock Against Homelessness

Maeve McTaggart

Kiera Dignam, the daughter of the late Aslan frontman Christy Dignam, will join Corinne Bailey Rae and Aimee as part of the line up for Rock Against Homelessness.

The singer will perform at the 3Olympia for the annual gig in aid of Focus Ireland next month, with the evening hosted by presenter Laura Whitmore.

She joins headliner and two-time Grammy winner Corinne Bailey Rae as well as acts such as Aimee, Toshin, Isaac Butler and The White Horse Guitar Club.

"The homeless crisis in Ireland is shocking. It’s heartbreaking to think that so many people don’t have the basic security of a home and it doesn’t bear thinking about the fact that there are now over 4,000 children homeless in Ireland today,” she said.

"I’m delighted that I can help in even a small way by getting involved in Rock Against Homelessness, bringing awareness and hopefully helping to raise much needed funds.”

Her father Christy, who died last year at the age of 63, was part of the annual fundraiser in 2021 when it aired on television during the pandemic. Aslan played a set broadcast from the Olympia Theatre.

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The Sunday Independent’s charity concert is sponsored by Cadbury, Arachas and Hard Rock Café in Temple Bar, with 2FM as media partners.

It has seen a number of household names headline, including Glen Hansard and The Boomtown Rats in 2017, Imelda May and Dermot Kennedy in 2018, Fontaines DC in 2020, Pillow Queens and Aslan in 2021, and Kojaque and Damien Dempsey in 2022.

The event supports Focus Ireland, with CEO Pat Dennigan saying the crisis in homelessness would be “a lot worse” without the work of voluntary organisations.

"Sadly the homelessness crisis has deepened again as 13,531 people are now homeless and shockingly this includes over 4,000 children. The number of people homeless has shot up 15pc in the last year,” Mr Dennigan said.

"However, the situation would be a lot worse again without the hard work of Focus Ireland and other organisations. Rock Against Homelessness helps us to achieve our goals and for this we are grateful."

Tickets cost €30 and are available online at Ticketmaster or from the 3Olympia Theatre Box Office.