As the sun shines down on the rebel county, thousands of Corkonians are getting ready for one of this summer’s premier musical highlights — José Carreras and Katherine Jenkins, in concert with the City of Cork Symphony Orchestra.

Opera-loving rugby fans who enjoy a game of golf will find all their birthdays coming together in June when Il Divo play Musgrave Park in Cork, on the same weekend Fota Island golf resort hosts the 2014 Irish Open.