Diana Ross will be 76 by the time she crosses the Atlantic for pre-Glastonbury gigs at the Marquee in Cork

The naturalist delivered a powerful speech about the environment, more specifically the ocean, and appeared taken aback by the warm reception he received.

A woman begged my pardon the other night, while I was out, enjoying a quiet pint.

Glastonbury is back and there are a host of other overseas festivals offering impressive line-up, writes Ed Power.

IFA warned the Government of a day of reckoning in the European Parliament and local elections on May 24, when the Association's members protested at Cork’s City Hall last Wednesday, when Taoiseach Leo Varadkar chaired a Cabinet meeting.

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From singing soap star to cyberpunk diva and hot pants advocate, Kylie Minogue has glittered in many guises across her 30 year career.

She has also been forced to cancel her Belfast show which was due to take place tomorrow.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages...

The Graham Norton Show is back on our screens tonight for the first installment of the new series.

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

Good Luck Brendan ... you're gonna need it!

No mere compilation could do justice to the sweep and fever-dream fecundity of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Thus Lovely Creatures, Cave’s first ever ‘greatest hits’, is best regarded as beginner’s guide to this eternal outsider rather than a definitive survey of his near four-decade career.

RTÉ last year spent almost €50,000 putting up celebs and other guests in luxury Dublin hotels appearing on The Late Late Show and The Ray D’Arcy Show.

Golfer Graeme McDowell has made a surprise offer to snap up the coveted @gmac Twitter name from a Scotsman with just 86 followers.

Saying that, the show has revealed that previous winners Little Mix, Kylie Minogue and The Weeknd will all be performing live.

Paula Burns sees some similarities with Nicole Scherzinger. Mostly it’s their cougar status. Is age really just a number in the dating game?

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Enya has not had a number one single in the UK in more than two decades, but that has not stopped the Irish star from landing a spot in The Sunday Times Rich List of music millionaires.

Older women who date younger men are often seen as cougars who have little chance of enjoying a lasting relationship. Deirdre Reynolds reports.

He had mixed feelings about some of the year’s big sellers, so music writer Ed Power selected a personal list of the best albums of 2015

SATURDAY

Halloween. A long and spooky evening is in store for Australia, it seems.

From The Den to The Dome!

Live Athletics: Anniversary Games (BBC2, 8pm)

Rihanna’s latest video has crossed more lines than Miley’s Wrecking Ball. Louise O’Neill yearns for the days of Bananarama and MT USA.

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A new exhibition exploring our obsession with shoes opens today at the V&A. Suzanne Harrington ditches the heels and takes a look.

June Rodgers performs some of her hilarious characters in her new show, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

When California is ripped apart by an earthquake, a firefighter goes to rescue his daughter in San Francisco.

Trust Graham Norton to not only mortify an audience member but to do it in such a spectacular fashion.

Kylie Minogue has credited very high heels and great lighting for her much-lauded bottom — and says she does not mind a man having “a bit of a paunch”, grey hair, or even no hair at all.

Chat-show host and comedian Graham Norton remains one of the best paid broadcasters earning €3m in fees last year. The popular and charismatic BBC presenter is in a league of his own as the £2.2m (€3.07m) he received in presenter fees and production fees along with royalties follows on from the £2.4m he earned in 2013.

Ireland turns to Nama to tackle the escalating housing crisis, Minister Richard Bruton has blamed an administrative error after a letter addressed a well known baker as ’Mr. Bread’ and Real Madrid have secured their place in the Champions League Semi Final.  These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

John Porter tells the Irish Examiner about his 1930 Riley Nine Brooklands and about his love of cars and tinkering with them.

Darren Kennedy and Jennifer Maguire presenters on The Unemployables, RTÉ2, 9pm, next Thursday.

Singer Kylie Minogue has said she can identify with Angelina Jolie’s recent decision to speak publicly about having her ovaries removed.

It started with a nightmare, but 30 years on, the success of hit TV soap Neighbours has been a dream for its fans and the legion of stars who got their big break on Ramsay St.

Tonight's things that are on telly you might like.