Representatives from the live music and entertainment industry are to meet with the Arts Minister Catherine Martin today.

The sector has been closed for over 500 days and has left 35,000 people unemployed.

Yet 40,000 people will be allowed to attend the All-Ireland Hurling Final in Croke Park this weekend.

While gigs have returned across the border in Northern Ireland.

Our reporter Barry Whyte has been speaking to people in the industry....