Kodaline add three dates at Olympia
I couldn’t get out of bed due to the pain & stiffness in my joints
Kodaline
NIAMH COSTELLO CO TIPPERARY YESTERDAY
KODALINE yesterday said they have added three extra shows at The Olympia Theatre due to phenomenal demand.
The announcement came after the band sold out their first three Dublin gigs.
The group shot to fame in 2013 with their debut single High Hopes and have scored three No1 albums in Ireland and two Top 5 albums in the UK.
Last year the band played two massive outdoor gigs in St Anne’s Park in Dublin.
Tickets for the extra shows on June 2, 3, and 5 went on sale yesterday from Ticketmaster and are priced from €39.20.
The band said: “Can’t wait to see you all there.”
A BRAVE young woman told how she was robbed of her childhood when she was diagnosed with a rare disease but now “nothing is holding her back”.
Niamh Costello, from Co Tipperary, received the news she had juvenile idiopathic arthritis at the age of three.
Currently there are 1,000 children living with this rare form of arthritis.
The 20-year-old, who is studying to become a teacher, told the Irish Mirror: “It’s not all doom and gloom, you have your good days and bad days.
“You need to try and stay positive as much as you can.
“My parents always told me just because you have this doesn’t mean you can’t become a teacher.”
The swelling and chronic pain began when Niamh was an infant.
She said: “My parents told me one morning I crawled into their bedroom on my hands and knees screaming that I couldn’t walk with the pain in my knee.
“They looked down to see my whole left leg swollen up like a balloon.
“My knee was red and hot to touch and I was clearly in a lot of pain as they