Even global superstar Taylor Swift isn’t immune to the lure of the GAA club lotto.

Over 700,000 Irish music fans paid a record €60m last year to top acts including Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and U2.

Ed Power spent much of his year attending events on behalf of this newspaper. Here are a selection of his favourites.

Accompanied by giant snakes, fireworks and an airborne cage, Taylor Swift delivered a gravity-defying performance on the first of her two dates at Croke Park.

Bono and his fellow band members sent the American pop star a card along with a bunch of roses, wishing her the very best of luck ahead of her Dublin concerts.

She was only 16 when she released her first single and now she's the biggest pop star in the world, her lyrics fearlessly personal. She plays Croke Park this week, says Ed Power

A stalker broke into Taylor Swift's New York City townhouse and took a nap, police said.

A man with a crush on singer Taylor Swift robbed a bank and then went to the pop star's mansion on Rhode Island where he threw cash over a fence in an attempt to impress her, police have said.

Due to phenomenal demand, Taylor Swift has added a second Croke Park date on Saturday, June 16.

Taylor Swift is coming to Croke Park next June and tickets for the gig go on sale tomorrow.

It looks like Tay Tay could be Croker bound…

Taylor Swift - Reputation: 5/5

Taylor Swift’s former bodyguard has said he saw a DJ she accuses of groping her reach under the singer’s skirt during a 2013 pre-concert meet and greet photo session.

Taylor Swift has arrived in federal court in Denver for the start of jury selection in her lawsuit against a disc jockey involving a groping allegation.

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An Irish hair stylist has certainly made the cut having created superstar Taylor Swift’s post-breakup hairdo.

Singer Taylor Swift has topped this year’s Forbes list of the world’s 100 highest paid celebrities, earning $170m (€153m) mainly thanks to her hugely successful 1989 world tour.

The beauty business behind fragrances launched by Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber has been snapped up in a deal worth 870 million US dollars.

Calvin Harris has deleted all his Instagram photos of ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift after she was pictured kissing British actor Tom Hiddleston.

Carrie Underwood sparkled in sheer gold at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. 

You might redeemer that Taylor Swift was being sued by an R&B singer who claimed ’Shake It Off’ ripped off one of his tracks.

The 'Anything Could Happen' singer, who is dating McBusted's Dougie Poynter, played matchmaker between her two famous friends because she instinctively felt their pairing would be successful.

The 'Good For You' hitmaker admits she couldn't cope without her close pal by her side and insists the 25-year-old singer is always on hand to keep her positive.

The Scottish DJ, who started dating the 'Blank Space' hitmaker in March after they were set up by mutual friend Ellie Goulding, is said be preparing to get down on bended knee with a $1.4m engagement ring by the end of October.

The 'Wildest Dream' hitmaker collected an award for Original Interactive Program for her 'AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience', which debuted with the release of her 'Blank Space' video last year, last week and she has now received her prize after bosses sent it to her via overnight mail.

*cue our inner 90s child freak-out*

Calvin Harris is the world's highest paid DJ, according to Forbes Magazine.

The 20-year-old model has admitted she is in awe of the 'Shake It Off' hitmaker's success.

With a plethora of streaming services available including Spotify, Soundcloud and Apple Music, Anthony Angelini asks: Will this new model allow the music industry to flourish, or continue its steady decline?

The song is expected to be a retaliation against Taylor's scathing hit 'Bad Blood' which took aim at Katy, who Taylor once described as her "straight-up enemy".

Taylor Swift let Perrie Edwards borrow her shoes.

Miley Cyrus has criticised Taylor Swift for promoting violence.

Now, that’s a death stare if we ever did see one.

Enda Kenny has launched a withering attack on the economic policies of Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fáil governments; an investigation is underway after shots were fired at a house in Co Kildare; how a missed golf putt cost sponsor €128m; and John Creedon takes on the Wild Atlantic Way. Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.

If you haven't heard, it went something like this:

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift found themselves embroiled in a very public Twitter spat yesterday, following Swift’s nomination for Video of the Year at the 2015 VMA awards.

Not only that, since the video was uploaded to the Interwebs, himself and his bestie Patrick Stewart have been inaugurated into Taylor Swift’s squad.

"They just told me in my ear that I might be stuck up here forever. This thing is broken,”

A cancer-stricken girl who got a hefty contribution posted in Taylor Swift’s name has received thousands of additional dollars in donations.

Naomi, from Phoenix, Arizona, reached out to the superstar in the form of a video, after being told she'd be unable to attend the superstar's concert due to her illness.

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The chances are you're probably already in the queue, either way get excited, as here's what you can expect.

Taylor Swift’s lightning-quick victory over Apple demonstrates how high-profile artists can use public shaming to shape the music business when even major record labels haggling behind the scenes can’t.