Seamus Crimmins is the chairman and artistic director of the Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year Competition, which takes place next week in Freemasons’ Hall on Dublin’s Molesworth Street. www.freemasonmusic.ie
Are you a saver or a spender?
I am not either/or, but more and/both. However, the balance has swung with the years – no points for guessing which way. Prudence has supplanted impulse, regrettably, although not entirely happily.
What was the first job you received money for, and how much were you paid?
I loved summer jobs when at school. One summer, myself and a few friends worked as tea blenders in Quinn’s The Milestone in Newry. We got £5 a week or £1 a day. The conditions were dusty, masks weren’t thought of, and we didn’t care one iota.
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