Team

EDITOR

Meet John Brereton, Editor of The Goo and Totally Dublin. John cut his journo chops with the much missed Dublin Event Guide and The Dubliner before moving into the events world when he founded The Grand Social venue. Chief Booker there for 10 years John came up with the Goo concept post Covid and brings experience from every aspect of the music industry including onstage where he writes and plays guitar with Indie stalwarts Sack.

COLUMNIST

Presenter of 2FM's nightly show The Alternative, Dan is a broadcasting legend and a genuine champion of Irish music. Dan's Goo column STOP, REWIND, CHANGE SIDES highlights great new releases and a look back to some buried Irish treasure.

FEATURES & REVIEWS

Co creator of the first Goo baby to be, Ethan is head honcho at the rather fab Derailed Magazine blog and his Goo contributions are always ahead of the curve.

FEATURES & REVIEWS

A music gourmand, David is usually at the back or at the side of venues as no one likes being behind a person who is six foot six at a gig. With Dan Hegarty, one of our Twin Towers.

PUNK COLUMNIST/FEATURES/REVIEWS

Author of the brilliant Punks Listen, Niall is a founding member of Dublin’s Hope Collective. Hope has been putting on DIY gigs in Dublin since the mid-1980s, including Fugazi, Green Day and many more. Niall has published fanzines and alongside Michael Murphy has edited and published three benefit books under the Hope Publications name. His floor has been a bed for some of the greatest musicians ever.

CLASSICAL COLUMNIST & FEATURES

Cliodhna is a violinist with the Irish Chamber Orchestra and has graced the NCH stage and many more as a freelancer. She has produced and hosted a podcast called Bittersweet Symphony and started up the fab music night Kaleidoscope with Kate Ellis. Her knowledge and enthusiasm for all kinds of music is boundless.

JAZZ COLUMNIST & FEATURES

A noted DJ and events promoter Louis brings a considerable knowledge of music from around the globe to the magazine. Look out for his SIGNS club nights, they groove!

FEATURE WRITER

We have our own AOC and he is equally as enigmatic, progressive and stoic as the NYC representative.

LISTINGS EDITOR

The chief stoker in the Listings engine Room, Christine is the heart & soul of the mag and the person responsible for countless Dubliners heading into gigs.

METAL COLUMNIST & FEATURES/REVIEWS

The driving force behind the esteemed rock music website Overdrive.ie, Oran is also one of the main movers and shakers behind the Irish wing of Bloodstock. He swears he has no leather trousers in his wardrobe.

COLUMNIST & FEATURES/REVIEWS

Between 2004 and 2025 Paul broadcast 1000 episodes of Songs To Learn And Sing a weekly music show on 103.2 Dublin City FM. He’s also an award winning documentary producer and his productions have been broadcast on community, commercial and public service radio stations in Ireland and abroad. His journalism has been published in various publications including: The Irish Times; the Sunday Independent; and the Irish Examiner. He also produces the critically acclaimed No. 1 podcast To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited which is where we jumped in. Our Cork faction.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

She eats print deadlines for breakfast.

Gig addict and goosebumps chaser. Here to spotlight the artists who move us.

Leader of all things digital. If you saw it online, he probably had something to do with it.

Aaron Kavanagh is a writer and multimedia journalist based in Dublin, who has been published in the likes of the Irish Daily Star, Buzz.ie, HeadStuff, Totally Dublin, The GOO, and others. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the cultural website, PostBurnout.com.

Des Traynor writes fiction, essays, criticism and reviews, about books, music, film, theatre, visual art and travel. His work has appeared in The Irish Times, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Independent, The Sunday Tribune, The Dubliner, Magill, The World of Hibernia, Books Ireland, Film Ireland, Film West, Dublin Review of Books and, of course, The Goo.

Gerry Doyle, a photographer and video maker, has been at it since he was 12, and might even get good at it someday, in his words. You’ll see his work on the magazine covers, LPs, books, posters, reels and videos and he still gets a buzz from that every time. You might see him to the side of a stage near you.

Indie Music writer & host of The Human Recommendation weekly college radio show on FlirtFM Galway, Mondays at 8pm GMT. Interview Podcast also available on Mixcloud.

Contributor to The GOO, Atwood Magazine, Nialler9, and the tonearm online music journal and his music blog on medium.com

Gig goer, gig reviewer, Irish/English teacher.

FEATURES & REVIEWS

DIY enthusiast.

ELECTRONIC / DANCE MUSIC COLUMNIST

Mark is an electronic music writer and DJ with a passion for creativity, culture, and positive mental health. With 15 years’ experience as a promoter, radio host, and DJ in London and Vancouver, he now explores the leftfield edges of the underground music scene in Dublin.

Songwriter, poet, and regular gig-goer. Writes about folk music for The Goo.