U2

Irish rock band

Killiney development opposed by wives of U2’s Bono and The Edge refused planning permission

Proposal to build four luxury homes on grounds of listed home not deemed compatible with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county development plan

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

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

In an unhinged world, Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman are sane company. Even Ivan Yates seems sensible

Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly remain reassuringly sensible presenters, while Ivan Yates plays puckish guest host

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

Roberta Flack, soul icon famous for Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88

Artist also known for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson had suffered a stroke in 2016

Ireland’s first Michelin star: ‘It made the front page of the London Times, but only got a mention in the Examiner’

Declan and Patsy Ryan recall receiving the restaurant industry’s highest accolade in 1974 for their Arbutus Lodge

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’

U2′s Larry Mullen: ‘I knew my son was dyslexic, but I really didn’t understand him’

Drummer discusses raising son with dyslexia during appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show

‘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

Coldplay’s Croke Park outing brings in €44.5m in bumper year for Irish gigs

U2′s Sphere in Las Vegas shows win out in ‘top 300 worldwide concert grosses’, according to Pollstar data

Peggy Seeger: ‘I met Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. He came for my autograph’

The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folk

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

What U2 knew about the United States that some quintessentially English stars didn’t

Better Man, the new Robbie Williams biopic, has been baffling Americans. Hitting a wall in the US really can be to do with being just a little too foreign

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

Henry Mount Charles: A Lord in Slane – The strange blend of fact and fiction around one of the last Anglo-Irish eccentrics

Television: Much we think we know about the custodian of Slane Castle is conjured from thin air, as becomes clear in this absorbing documentary

U2’s Larry Mullen on his dyscalculia and the band’s touring plan

Drummer says U2 is writing new material and the band hope to tour in 2026

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

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