Singer Keith Urban has said he is “horrified” by reports of a rape during a US concert.

Dublin-headquartered Covidien Plc is to buy Oridion Systems Ltd, an Israeli maker of devices for patient breathing safety, for $346m (€260m).

Two of Ireland's burgeoning Stateside-based pros, John Duddy and James Moore, will box on the same Mansfield, Massachusetts bill on September 17.