The county of Cork will provide an intersection for the worlds of music and literature during the summer at several events. Among them is the West Cork Literary Festival (July 12-19)

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world.

MUSIC NEWS: Prince has been playing a number of club gigs around London, and the pint-sized popstar brought a bit of raggle-taggle to famed jazz venue Ronnie Scotts when he performed a cover version of ‘The Whole Of The Moon’ from the Waterboys.