Bono

How U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr avoids conflict with neighbours: buy up all surrounding houses

Plus: Shane Lowry adds bulk, film producer Alan Moloney’s big plans; and the bald truth about hair-loss exploitation

Cannes film festival 2025: Bono, Paul Mescal and Element Pictures to fly flag for Ireland

Documentary based on U2 frontman’s memoir will premiere in Cannes, while Paul Mescal will attend for The History of Sound

Bono-backed Church of Oak distillery names new chief executive

Kildare-based whiskey maker has been producing spirits since 2022

U2’s Killiney friends worry about being overcome by sewage

Plus: Mairead Ronan’s stamina tested by Waterford planning saga; Scandi Noir in the High Court; and Justin Barrett continues his struggle over National Party reins

Steve Wall: ‘When Bono was offered the medal, I tweeted: Surely he won’t accept that. I didn’t know he already had’

The Stunning and The Walls musician and actor on honesty, activism and a life in the arts

U2 make history with UK songwriting award

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen become first Irish songwriters to be awarded Ivors Academy fellowship

How to have a number one album, from U2 to The Beatles: An Irish expert shares his music industry experience

Michael Mary Murphy’s new book hails the managers who have steered U2, Hozier and The Beatles to the top of the charts

Dean Hotel Group paid €18m cash for The Clarence

Sale ended Bono and The Edge's connection to Dublin hotel

The Movie Quiz: For what did Anora’s Sean Baker not win a gong at the Oscars?

Plus: Spot the film without a credit for Bono

Fiachna Ó Braonáin of Hothouse Flowers: ‘I was quite disappointed by Bono. I don’t think Sinéad O’Connor would have done it’

The U2 frontman was an early cheerleader for his fellow Irish band, who are back on tour to mark 40 years together. But his acceptance of a medal from Joe Biden sent the wrong signal, they say

Eli Hewson of Inhaler: ‘There’s so much nepotism in every facet of life’

The Dublin band are well aware of their gilded backgrounds. But, they say, as they prepare to release their glossy third album, ‘We’re, like, kind of dorks’

‘Who actually has the power? Is it Taylor Swift – or have men just found a way to profit off the idea of a powerful woman?’

Blistering punk-pop duo Lambrini Girls recorded debut album last year, when the world seemed to be at peak insanity. But the spiral continues, they say

Windmill Lane Pictures announces it is closing with immediate effect

Dublin visual and audio post-production facility has its roots in storied recording studios on Dublin quays, where U2 and other major acts once recorded

Dave Hannigan: Lionel Messi an odd and inexplicable choice for Medal of Freedom

Joe Biden choosing to give the Argentinian soccer genius this accolade shouldn’t be such a big deal. That doesn’t make it any less odd and inexplicable

Bono awarded US Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden

U2 singer pays tribute to bandmates and fellow activists as he becomes the first Irish recipient of highest US civilian honour since Mary Robinson

Dublin’s Clarence Hotel sets sights on tripling room capacity

Plans for the hotel, formerly owned by members of U2, include demolishing Anne’s Bar and building a six storey extension

Ed Sheeran and Mary Robinson are right. It’s time to bin Band Aid

Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start

The thought of Conor McGregor draped in an Irish flag on a global stage is shameful

To think of all that time we spent embarrassed by Bono’s oppressive sincerity

Bob Geldof defends Band Aid as 40th anniversary single released: ‘This little pop song has kept millions alive’

Band Aid 40 remix of Do They Know It’s Christmas? blends voices of Bono, Harry Styles and George Michael

The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP

How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release

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