Having played two landmark concerts there in 2008, Hot Press has learned that an application has been made for a licence to stage a Leonard Cohen gig again in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.

If green-lighted, which seems a formality, the Canadian legend will play Dublin in either August or September. With his Old Ideas album lodged in the Irish top 5, tickets are likely to sell out in double quick time.

If you want to know just how awesome Lennie was the last time he swung by IMMA, go to [link]hotpress.com/archive/4593143.html[/link]