Colin Henry and Janet Holmes at Clonmel

Colin Henry reports:

Janet and I have a song in the final of the Clonmel Songwriting Contest in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, on 3 November.

The song is called 'New Year's Eve' and was written by us for our appearance on last year's Radio Ulster New Year's Eve party. We just decided to write a song for the particular evening and didn't really think too much about it. It was the late and great Geoff Harden who felt it was a good song, so we entered it for the competition and we have made it to the final - such are the imponderables of songwriting!

Janet and I will perform the song live at Clonmel on 3 November.