Name: Paul McGuinness.
Born: Germany, 1951, to an RAF pilot from Liverpool and a Kerry school teacher.
Education: Clongowes; Trinity College, Dublin.
Family: Married to Kathy; two teenage children.
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Job: Manager of U2 and other musicians, investor in a variety of show business ventures, member of the Arts Council,
Why he is in the news: His company, Principle Management, forms part of the Pulse consortium seeking a licence for a new youth-oriented radio station in Dublin. Also, he is about to announce that London's Groucho Club has bought property in Dublin and plans to open an Irish branch.
