Bono

Judge dismissed motion in Maurice D Kiely’s case seeking €12m damages from U2 Ltd

Documentary is perfectly conventional and thumpingly agreeable and heart-warming

U2 front man said the Swedish band’s music was like ‘the national anthem for young mothers’

The band release Songs of Surrender, featuring rerecordings of 40 songs from their catalogue, tomorrow. Here’s our choice of U2′s best songs

These ‘reinterpreted’ tracks are a reminder that, whether you like them or not, U2 have some exceptional songs in their back catalogue

A Sort of Homecoming: U2’s new album prompts the chatshow host’s first visit to Ireland. He lands looking ready for St Patrick: The Grunge Years

Maurice Kiely claims he wrote song entitled A Man and A Woman which is included on U2′s 2004 album

Dublin band attempt to break away from the Bono and U2 family connections with solid second album

Statement on band’s website says drummer will undergo surgery in 2023

Plus: Who sang the theme song for The SpongeBobSquarePants Movie?

The band are releasing Songs of Surrender on St Patrick’s Day. Fans are already arguing about the wisdom of rerecording Pride and other classics

The new record will feature 40 songs including a new version of their 2000 hit single Beautiful Day

New year, new media habits: these simple changes can reinvigorate tired routines

Go in peace, or go in seething passive aggression. Unlike some of your nearest and dearest, we’re not here to judge

Folk, rock and spoken word collide on this pleasant charity album

Actor George Clooney and singer Gladys Knight also attend reception at White House

The U2 frontman plays a cast of characters from his life in Stories of Surrender, songs and stories from his new memoir

The spacious unit in an exclusive development is bathed in light thanks to its south-facing aspect

The best music, comedy, art and more coming your way this week

In his new memoir, Bono has named his second brother as Government banking adviser Scott Rankin

The U2 frontman talks about the loss of his mother, his long marriage to Ali and the brother he didn’t know he had

It wasn’t long into our marriage that I began to sense she was becoming distant from the life we were living

U2 frontman has one-third share in developer of Tramyard site

Book review: From the music that shaped him to stardom and brief encounters with Bob Dylan and Bono, Brady tells his extraordinary story in a modest way

The U2 frontman writes about the distress of visiting his mother on her deathbed in a Dublin hospital at the age of 14

Some of world’s most famous watchmakers to showcase and discuss work during event

Bono and the Edge’s performance in Kyiv took courage, humility – and intelligence

Stephen McGonigle established his business 15 years ago in Switzerland’s Watch Valley

Being human is not a project with one self-improvement experiment at a time

With Bono’s son Elijah as frontman, Dublin four-piece are a sound prospect

It’s a little before 9pm in Rome and Bono’s giant head is floating above a soccer pitch

Victorian estate owned by Swiss family will continue to operate as boutique hotel

Glen Hansard’s duet with Philip Powell, who was homeless for 20 years, gives us all Faith

Plus: Scandinavian pop queens, post-punk royalty and a Johnny Cash dispute

Presence of legendary O’Connell designed to galvanise Ireland squad

Visits of Bono and O’Connell set to further imbue a sense of unity and purpose in squad

Convoy, whose other backers include Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, now valued at $2.75bn

Council gives green light to multimillion euro facility earmarked for Ballykelly Mills near Monasterevin

The TV producer on doing ‘covers’, lessons from ‘Anglo’ and everybody loving ‘Goggler’

Berlin comment prompts speculation that band calling it a day after 40 years on road