 In a 1999 interview, Ó Domhnaill stated that Nightnoise had not broken up, and that the band would be getting together again shortly, but a reunion never occurred.In 1997, Mícheál returned to Ireland, settling in Dundrum, Dublin.In the late 1990s, he and former members of Nightnoise performed on a weekly television show called "Brid Live", broadcast by RT1 in Dublin.