What is it with Limerick musicians and their penchant for masks?

Denyse Woods was born in Boston, but has been living in Cork for almost 30 years, and is based in Inniscarra.

Despite an “up and down” league campaign, the Cork footballers are heading in the right direction, according to midfielder Ian Maguire.

Tyrone fanatic Ciarán McAleer walked tall as he savoured his proudest moment by leading the Tyrone team out for their Allianz Football League clash with Kerry at the weekend.

Ipswich will clarify the future of manager Mick McCarthy before the end of next month, the Championship club have announced.

Edinson Cavani, winning his 100th cap, scored the winner for Uruguay.

The game panned out along expected lines with Dublin racking up another routine victory, and Jim Gavin stuck to a familiar script afterwards when he spoke to reporters.

Cork manager, John Meyler, is facing up to the prospect of being without Conor Lehane, as well as Seamus Harnedy, for Sunday’s crunch clash against Tipperary, in Semple Stadium.

Jack McGrath is back in a good place, enjoying his rugby once more and grateful for another opportunity to prove his worth to the Ireland cause.

Irish musicians are now earning more from digital revenue than physical sales of CDs and records.

Live entertainment events in Ireland, including music, arts, and theatre generated €1.7bn of revenue over the last 12 months and supported employment for almost 11,500 people, according to a recent report.

Nenagh musician Seán Corcoran has had his debut single ‘Míol Mór Mara’ featured on the new FIFA '18 soundtrack.

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Troubles at the Soundcloud streaming service have sent a wave of worry through the music world, writes Jenna Wortham

Shares of Facebook touched a record high on the back of overwhelmingly positive quarterly results, adding more than $27bn (€23bn) to its market value, but rival Twitter failed to attract more monthly users in the second quarter, spooking investors looking for evidence that the company is on a sustainable long-term growth path.

Cork captain Paul Kerrigan admits their aim must be to win their remaining five games after picking up just one point from their opening two matches in Division Two of the Allianz League.

The people of Wexford have been voting with their feet but Lee Chin doesn’t feel the appointment of Davy Fitzgerald has added any pressure to the panel as they target promotion from Division 1B of the Allianz League.

Waterford defender Noel Connors paid tribute to his teammates for the “incredible amount of steel” they showed against Kilkenny last Sunday.

John Fogarty reviews the weekend Allianz League action with Colm O'Connor. 

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A headache for hurling referees

Liam Kearns has told his players victory over Antrim will count for nothing if maximum points are not secured when Sligo visit Semple Stadium next Sunday. 

Cian Dillon has spoken about relaying the difficult news to Davy Fitzgerald last September that a number of Clare players wanted a change of management. 

Former Galway All-Star nominee Pádraic Mannion says playing hurling in Division 1B won’t put the Tribesmen at any disadvantage heading into the championship.

Four of the Cork ladies football team’s star players will decide their inter-county futures in the coming weeks, according to manager Ephie Fitzgerald.

Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-18 Tralee CBS 1-18 (AET): Coláiste Chríost Rí had to score the final four points at Mallow on Saturday to send this Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final tie to a replay, but it was difficult to argue against a draw being the fair outcome.

Tipperary 2-12 Antrim 0-13: A much-improved second-half display saw Tipperary claim an opening day victory over Antrim in Division 3 of the Allianz Football League.

Nine wides in the first-half, six in the second. Two excellent goal chances squandered and a 74th-minute free to win the game not capitalised on. 

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Katy Perry confused her 89 million Twitter followers this morning with a series of bizarre, and oftentimes profanity-laden, tweets.

We know pretty much anything goes in modern music, but we wouldn’t have expected these two to actually work as a tune.

Want to relive your favourite sporting memories of the year, and be reminded of a few you had forgotten?

With less than a month until Christmas day, it’s finally socially acceptable to indulge in festive tunes - and Christmas FM has just powered up the radio tower to provide 24-hour cheer.

Britain's Royal Air Force launched Typhoon aircraft this afternoon to intercept a civilian aircraft which was causing concern to air traffic control authorities.

This week the show looks at ISO and what this standards certificate can mean for your business. Kehlan also meets Laura Murphy from Zappy who discusses what building an app can bring to your business. We also feature WhizzKids, the after school and summer camps programme, which lets young people explore possible careers in the computer industries. Finally the show meets the SME in Galway which services over three million people and is targeting one billion as a very real target.