Over 700,000 Irish music fans paid a record €60m last year to top acts including Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and U2.

Sceptical about the efficacy of a font designed to encourage better memory function, Geraldine Walsh put Sans Forgetica to the test, with a little help from an Ed Sheeran song

Dog Day Media, a Cork based production company are celebrating their involvement in Apple's latest music documentary.

The Shape of You singer is fronting the campaign in a bid to bring more British people to Irish shores.

The Boyz are back with new single Because as their long goodbye begins.

The promoters behind the three Ed Sheeran concerts at Páirc Uí Chaoimh have been charged €90,000 by the State for policing during the events.

Ed Sheeran played an intimate set for a charity fundraiser last night for the London Irish centre.

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Up to 150,000 people are expected to watch the singer’s three shows at the Phoenix Park on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Incredibly, it’s seven years since Snow Patrol’s last album.

Ed Sheeran continues the Irish leg of his European tour in Galway this evening.

The KC Show on Cork's 96FM has paid tribute to Aoibhe O’Connor - an 11-year-old who passed away days after meeting her hero Ed Sheeran.

Tributes have been paid to a brave little girl who has died suddenly just days after meeting her idol, pop star Ed Sheeran.

Three sold-out nights, over 120 thousand attendees and three days of sunshine later, we're still not over the Ed Sheeran hype that took over Cork at the May Bank Holiday Weekend.

The success of the Ed Sheeran concerts in Cork, which were worth an estimated €60m to the local economy, has given the city a taste of what an events centre could deliver, business leaders said yesterday.

The Ed Sheeran bandwagon moved on from Cork yesterday, leaving local GAA officials over €1m richer.

The success of the Ed Sheeran concerts in Cork, which were worth an estimated €60m to the local economy, has given the city a taste of what an events centre could deliver, business leaders said yesterday.

Vicky Phelan's daughter Amelia got to meet her "idol" Ed Sheeran after his gig in Cork's Páirc Uí Chaoimh last night.

We love a bit of Ed. Actually, scrap that — we love a lot of Ed.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork has witnessed many spectacular moments in its long history. It is first and foremost home to the GAA in the city and where our hurlers and footballers have sported and played for decades.

Our health service is in crisis, rents are out of control,

Ed Sheeran rocked Cork on Friday playing to 44,000 people in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Ginger wigs, ginger beards, ginger beer, ginger trinkets, and Ginger Ed Men biscuits, Cork is on a high, caught up in the dizzy grip of incurable EdMania.

People are Happier for having seen Ed on a Perfect night.

Ticketmaster have warned people against buying Ed Sheeran tickets as gifts as the person that buys the ticket must be in attendance too.

As everyone gear’s up for the singer’s first three shows of his Irish tour in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, we’re here to keep you updated in all the going-ons.

A radio station in Cork has gone the extra mile to make Ed Sheeran feel at home in the Real Capital.

Ed Sheeran touched down in Cork Airport today ahead of his hat-trick of sold-out gigs to 120,000 people in the city this weekend.

This part of the world has gone gaga entirely for Ed Sheeran. The man is playing a few concerts in Cork over the next couple of days, but you’d swear ’twas the Pope or Mother Theresa herself was performing, such is the pandemonium.

He’s on his way — and the weather and economic forecast is looking good.

The venue will open at 5 pm on the show days.

The stage times for Ed Sheeran's Irish gigs have been announced.

Nearly 30 years after monies from a pair of Michael Jackson gigs helped the Cork County Board to buy Páirc Uí Rinn, another musical performer has led to a summer weekend free of county championship games.

Ed Sheeran has somehow remained grounded even as his profile has gone through the stratosphere. Ed Power charts the singer-songwriter’s amazing rise ahead of his Irish tour.

Ed Sheeran's upcoming gigs at Páirc Uí Chaoimh has sparked excitement in many Corkonians and fans from further afield as we wait in anticipation for the singer to arrive in the rebel county next week.

A court has granted drinks and entertainment licences for this summer’s Ed Sheeran gigs at Phoenix Park.

Ed Sheeran has donated a signed guitar to family in the UK to help them raise money.

The organisers of the Cork International Choral Festival say it has suffered “reputational damage”, after they rescheduled it to avoid clashing with Ed Sheeran’s gigs.

It looks like Ed Sheeran has only gone and got married...in secret!

He’s still waiting for his birthday card from Ed Sheeran to arrive, but sheep farmer-turned-internet sensation Joe Kelly did not let that stop the party as he marked his 80th in style with a community celebration.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan says the pitch will require an element of resurfacing following the Ed Sheeran concerts in May.

The promoter behind Ed Sheeran’s forthcoming shows in Páirc Uí Chaoimh has given his assurance that lighting issues outside the stadium will not affect the concerts this summer.