Cork jazz fans face blues over rail line closure

JAZZ fans are facing the blues as Irish Rail finalises plans to shut down part of its mainline service to Cork during the October bank holiday weekend.

Iarnród Éireann has confirmed it is to close a large section of the Dublin-Cork line to facilitate the erection of a €1 million rail bridge over a river near Buttevant.

And it has emerged that all online ticket allocations have been sold out for that weekend.