{"id":376589,"date":"2026-04-01T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376589\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:30:09","slug":"rita-ora-spends-short-stint-exploring-cork-ahead-of-apple-hq-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376589\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Ora spends &#8216;short&#8217; stint exploring Cork ahead of Apple HQ gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cork&#8217;s Apple employees were treated on Tuesday to an on-campus set by singer-songwriter Rita Ora to celebrate the company\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The tech giant flew the  How To Be Lonely singer in for a private show at the Hollyhill campus to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Videos of Ora\u2019s performance were shared on social media on Tuesday, and the singer later shared some snaps from her \u201cshort\u201d time in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Posting on Instagram, she shared a carousel of photos featuring the outfit she wore on stage, the on-stage production at the Hollyhill campus, and snaps from her rambles around Kinsale.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5024588_9_articleinline_1-Instagram-04-01-2026_10_38_AM.jpg\" alt=\"Rita Ora performed a private gig at Apple's Irish HQ in Cork this week. Picture: Rita Ora\/Instagram\" title=\"Rita Ora performed a private gig at Apple's Irish HQ in Cork this week. Picture: Rita Ora\/Instagram\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rita Ora performed a private gig at Apple&#8217;s Irish HQ in Cork this week. Picture: Rita Ora\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She managed to fit in a visit to the Daisy Chain flower shop, The Spaniard, and the colourful buildings of Market Lane in Kinsale, as well as JJ Walsh\u2019s in the city centre \u2013 even trying the famous O\u2019Flynn\u2019s Sausages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ora had also interacted with an Instagram post by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bitsandbites.ie?igsh=djF1aGJheWN4cTVp\">Bits and Bites<\/a> on the creator&#8217;s dining experience at Soul, a southern-inspired restaurant on Washington Street, while scouting the best places to visit in Cork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIE it was too short but I loved the girl I became ON and OFF the stage. I can\u2019t wait to come back and perform my Tour, I\u2019ll see you when I come back! I love you. PS singing with my band and hearing those live vocals all come together just literally melted my heart,\u201d she captioned the carousel of photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It&#8217;s not the first time that Apple has hosted on-campus shows for its employees in Hollyhill. The Sugarbabes performed at the campus in 2024 to celebrate the company&#8217;s inclusion and diversity week, and Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy performed a surprise gig for employees back in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tuesday\u2019s gig comes as revenues at the Cork-based Apple HQ business <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/business\/companies\/arid-41819930.html\">rise to a record 235bn dollars.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pre-tax profits last year increased by 6% to $80.96bn (\u20ac70.49bn) in another record year for the business. New consolidated accounts filed by the Cork-based Apple Operations International Ltd show pre-tax profits increased as revenues rose by $13bn or 6%, from $222.3bn to $235.3bn in the 12 months to the end of September 27 last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The $235.3bn in revenues last year represent 56.5% of Apple Inc\u2019s global revenues of $416.16bn last year.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork&#8217;s Apple employees were treated on Tuesday to an on-campus set by singer-songwriter Rita Ora to celebrate the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,19930],"class_list":{"0":"post-376589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-this-much-i-know-column-shape-i"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}