Gavin Friday: ‘U2 and I are almost like brothers – you very rarely blow smoke up your brother’s ass’
The musician on positive changes in Ireland, his enduring friendship with Bono and co, and how he never made money until Jim Sheridan came calling
Guggi
Paul Brady: ‘There’s a huge coterie of Irish nationalists who don’t want a United Ireland’
The singer has been reflecting on his life to compile The Archive, his new box set. It’s been a rich, rewarding six decades in music
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
Gavin Friday: ‘Ireland wasn’t an easy place back then to go out and be the Virgin Prunes or U2’
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
Art by Guggi, Dorothy Cross and Shane MacGowan features in sale in aid of Gaza
Proceeds of auction will go to Médecins Sans Frontières
Guggi: Them exhibition review – An exploration with an almost haunting sense of primordial kinship
This is one of the artist’s most autobiographical exhibitions, sharpened by the recent deaths of his parents
Buyers see the light at mid-century sale
French signature lights, furniture and art snapped up at Adams
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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