Bono

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Inevitably for an out-take album, it’s a bit glued together and rough at the edges, but even U2 agnostics will like a lot of the tracks

Cillian Murphy probably didn’t expect to be taken literally when he compared Ireland in the 1980s to the dark ages, but that is where we are now

Radio: The combative RTÉ host is good-naturedly determined to come out on top in a grilling about Dutch dairy produce in Irish schools

David Hepworth, author of Hope I Get Old Before I Die, on why rock stars never retire

Ecce Homo, the singer’s new album, is not just the best record of his significant solo career but also an account of a life less ordinary

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was U2’s last artistically relevant album. These new releases are from the reboot How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb

When young, she questioned whether people were her friends because they liked her, or because they liked her father Bono

Bono, The Edge and Paddy McKillen snr sold facility last October to the Dean Hotel Group

Chris Martin runs like an Olympian during show that is a triumph of staging, dynamics and connection

Henry Winkler spoke at Dalkey Book Festival about his time on Happy Days and his newfound love of Irish soda bread

At times you think this might be endurance test but Billy Corgan and crew produce victory in the end

Genre-defying Dublin band leave fans holding their breath in awe with performance at In The Meadows festival

Ditch journalist Roman Shortall settles his own rent bill; Siún Ní Raghallaigh has her say; and U2′s Dublin plans fall through again

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan knows what it’s like to face a backlash. In Sinéad O’Connor, he says, he has also seen music at its purest

Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for Bono

Deal places value of €355m on Dean Hotel Group and opens door for brand’s expansion into Europe and the US

St Mary’s Road has been the location of the Dublin-born film-maker’s Hollywood parties, with guests including Brad Pitt, Bono and Sinéad O’Connor

Cellar adds plenty of storage space to this light-filled home close to the sea

Seen & Heard: Ardstone’s Milltown plans; Parkgate Street office scheme scrapped; and celebs pile into craft brewer

Under Constitution, Irish citizens are forbidden from accepting noble titles without permission of Government

With 57 offices worldwide, Dublin is now the 15th global selling location for the 230-year-old auction house

The two musicians have owned the landmark hotel for over three decades

The acclaimed group’s artistic director is a natural collaborator, including on Strange Waves, her new album with the composer Ed Bennett

Hugh Linehan: Without their Achtung Baby pivot, U2 might now be doing shows in mid-sized arenas alongside Billy Idol or Simple Minds

Róisín Ingle: There are things you can’t write in a review of a U2 concert for The Irish Times, like how you cried uncontrollably for much of the gig

U2:UV Achtung Baby Live, the band’s new Las Vegas set, sounds, looks and feels like no other gig you’ve been to

U2’s residency-opening show went ‘way better than I ever could have expected or hoped for’, says the band’s guitarist

What did the world’s media think of the most ambitious performance in the Irish band’s history?

The band’s huge show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere opened on Friday night at the most talked-about music venue in the world

U2 guitarist The Edge said change could not be imposed on North and supported John Hume community focus

Friday marks the first of 25 shows as part of the band’s UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere concert

Around the Block: Sale of modernist home is second most valuable residential deal to have taken place in Ireland this year