Noel Burke was born in London to Sligo parents.

Sometimes musical worlds collide, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Connacht Head Coach Andy Friend has made a host of changes to the side that lost to Sale Sharks in the European Challenge Cup Quarter Final last weekend.

Here is this week's entertainment news.

Dublin-born Fiachna Ó Braonáin, 53, is a guitarist with Hothouse Flowers.

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird has hit out at Sport Ireland’s approach to anti-doping after they attempted to test him at his home in Portland, Oregon, yesterday, despite the Cork athlete being retired from the sport.

As the Cork Jazz Festival turns 40, Richard Fitzpatrick asked a few familiar faces to share their fondest memories of the famous festival. 

Joe O’Leary, formerly of the band Fred, runs Levis Corner House in Ballydehob, Co Cork. On Friday, the pub hosts two shows by Steve Poltz as part of the Culture Night celebrations.

Dave McLoughlin is part of Irish electronic music act Le Galaxie. The band will play Cork City Hall tomorrow as part of this year’s Great Irish Beer Festival.

Sister Sledge lost one of their members earlier in the year, but the beat goes on for the disco-era heroines who play in Ireland this week, writes Ed Power

Katie Taylor moved to 5-0 as pro, picking up her first professional belt after defeating German Nina Meinke in their world-title eliminator at Wembley Stadium.

Of 1003 anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland last year, four resulted in rule violations. Yet, over 40% of Irish athletes surveyed by Sport Ireland claimed to personally know someone who used banned substances.

Manchester City’s new role as football’s great entertainers could be the unique selling points and key identifier which delivers not only success on the field but also an opportunity to challenge the global profile of Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Barcelona.

St Etienne 0 Man United 1 (United win 4-0 on aggregate): Jose Mourinho expects influential Manchester United duo Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Michael Carrick to miss the EFL Cup final through injury.

Greg Bolger will lead Cork City into the new season free from injuries which left him a frustrated figure last year.

LAURA Jurd is one of the most remarkable young musicians to emerge in Britain in many years.

God Knows is one third of Rusangano Family, alongside MuRli and Mynameisj0hn. The group play the Sudden Club Weekender tonight at the Kino Cork. Other acts over the weekend include Rozi Plain and The Altered Hours.

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Irish Olympic boxer Michael Conlan shows us around his Renault Kadjar

The Nashville International Convention of barbershop singing witnessed something pretty special this weekend, all thanks to a group from New Zealand.

A pure entertainer from head to toe, there’s a reason why Olly Murs has packed the Marquee every time he comes to Cork. He’s all fun, no additives; just 100% pure fun.

A winning black Jersey at last weekend’s Cork Summer Show reflected new trends in the dairy industry.

It’s as if this year, the 24-hour channels have effectively turned into around-the-clock tribute-obituary shows.

As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of 1966, Jon Savage’s book pinpoints the year as the turning point of the sixties, a decade that divided the twentieth century into old world and new, says Alannah Hopkin.

A six-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his three-year-old brother while playing “cops and robbers” with a gun their father told investigators he obtained illegally from a gang member.

Chloe and Sam Magee guaranteed Ireland a bronze medal in badminton’s mixed doubles at the European games after pushing aside Poland’s Pawel Pietryja and Aneta Wojtkowska 21-18, 21-12 in just over 30 minutes.

Scott Evans cruised into the last 16 of the European games men’s Badminton, taking less than half an hour to defeat Austria’s Gergley Krausz.

Brendan Irvine has upgraded his light-flyweight boxing medal to at least a silver after a unanimous points victory over Ukraine’s Dmytro Zamotayev at the European Games in Baku.

Sean McComb secured Ireland a second European games medal with victory over Turkey’s Yashin Yilmaz yesterday.

Boundary-busting Beck made a dramatic first ever appearance in Cork last night, bringing a big dance party sound and an even bigger personality.

Your guide to tonight's best TV.

MUSIC NEWS: Reginald D Hunter’s series, Songs of the South, is essential viewing for music fans tomorrow night (BBC Two, 9pm), and this second episode is all the more attractive because it is followed by a new documentary on James Brown. 

The Waterboys have tweaked their style for a new album. Mike Scott tells Niall Murray all about it.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's TV.

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Get On Up (12A), Tate Taylor’s biopic of ‘the Godfather of Soul’, James Brown, is no ordinary rags-to-riches tale.