A former boxer-turned entrepreneur is part of a team which is stepping into the ring to revive one of Cork’s best-loved music venues.

GIG WISE: The countdown has begun for Live at the Marquee in Cork, with young whippersnapper Cliff Richard kicking it all off on Monday, June 9, followed by the equally youthful Dolly Parton (June 12).

MUSIC NEWS: Lupe Fiasco is a brave man.

THE 56th Corona Cork Film Festival closed last night with the Gala Screening of Ivan Sen’s Australian film Toomelah, set among the indigenous population of New South Wales.