Ryan Tubridy attended a very special ceremony in UCC today, where he received an honorary lifetime membership to Ravenclaw from the university’s Harry Potter society.

Cork people are looking forward to welcoming visitors from the US next year following the announcement of Cork Airport’s first transatlantic flights to Boston with Norwegian Air. 

It was butterbeers all around as hundreds of muggles and wannabe wizards queued in the Quad for the inaugural Sorting Hat ceremony in UCC.

Harry Potter fans gather!