'Musical ambassador': Renowned Cork opera singer Joe Corbett dies

Joe Corbett, performing with the Cork Concer Orchestra. Picture: Jim Coughlan.
The community are mourning a well-known operatic singer who has been described as "one of the greatest musical ambassadors Cork's northside has ever seen."
Joe Corbett- who hailed from Churchfield and studied at the Cork School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin- passed away from an illness on Thursday.