"I'm about to play my biggest shows to date in Ireland. The last time I played there I left the stage with a spring in my step and a tear in my eye. Outrageous atmos guaranteed," so tweeted George Ezra about 6 hours before landing on stage yesterday.

Ireland welcome England to Cork on Friday week for the first of their U20 Six Nations games, with Noel McNamara’s side hoping to end their nine-year wait for the title.

However quickly Johann van Graan’s Munster players find their groove in tonight’s pre-season bow against Declan Kidney’s London Irish, the surface beneath them will take a while longer.

PBC Cork 48 Ard Scoil Ris 3... Presentation Brothers College Cork will be included in the quarter-final draw of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools junior cup after a facile win over Ard Scoil Ris at Musgrave Park today.

Munster A have a mountain to climb following this B&I Cup result at Musgrave Park last night when Bedford Blues grabbed a crucial win to go five points clear at the top of pool 1.

Rassie Erasmus admits that he will experience mixed emotions at Musgrave Park tonight when Munster take on the Dragons in what may be his last game as the team’s head coach.

Munster Rugby has applied for funding to change the playing surface at Musgrave Park from a natural grass surface to a 4G artificial pitch.

Two separate investigations are under way after a man was injured while setting up a funfair ride in Cork City.

There’s more than city pride at stake as old rivals Christian Brothers College and Presentation Brothers College meet at Musgrave Park this afternoon (2.30pm) in the first of the Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-finals.

Munster had won 12 games on the bounce in Cork since a loss to Cardiff Blues over three years ago.

Munster Rugby officials have hit back at criticisms over attendance figures, citing a year-on-year increase in the numbers who attended the province’s regular season home games.

History will be made next week when Munster Rugby’s Musgrave Park hosts its first GAA games.

Sunday’s Well Rugby Football Club yesterday said players have been endangered by the construction of a wall by McDonald’s restaurant close to the dead ball area of a pitch.

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.