MTV gig in Cork could be watched by 1bn viewers

The MTV Crashes Cork gig could be seen by up to 1bn people providing one of the city’s biggest tourism opportunities in a decade.

The news emerged as MTV bosses visited City Hall before the weekend to conduct a technical review of the building’s historic concert hall, which will host the gig in late November or early December.

They remained tight-lipped on which global music stars might headline the event.