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
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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
Culture Club in Dublin: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me sends them wild, but the Boy George show peaks too early
George Alan O’Dowd is now returning to the band that made him famous in the first place, as Culture Club reunite to launch a tour by the Dublin docks in 3Arena
Ballroom Blitz review: Adam Clayton’s celebration of Irish showbands hints at the burden of being in U2
TV review: U2 bassist Adam Clayton is a decent presenter and great fun to hang with, but the documentary leans too hard on nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake
Anthrax’s Charlie Benante: ‘I was always a big U2 fan. They just got better and better’
Drummer Benante discusses how the music industry rips off bands, rumours of a new Anthrax album and his love for U2
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
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
U2: How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb track by track review – Hold on to your mirror shades for classic moments and wigged-out curios
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
Pixies drummer David Lovering: ‘My advice for Oasis? Have us as your opening act’
Drummer David Lovering recalls Pixies Boston roots as the punk-pop pioneers to whom Nirvana, Fontaines DC and even Olivia Rodrigo owe a debt surf a wave of renewed success
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
U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr can’t live with work done on his Howth property
Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV
Cork chip shop Jackie Lennox’s to close after serving more than 14 million bags of chips
Family-run chipper on Bandon Road has been serving Corkonians for almost 75 years
Extraordinary Life: The Ben Dunne Story review – the absurd adventures of a very 1980s Irish mogul laid bare
Television: Ben Dunne’s story had everything, from kidnap to drugs to a Succession-style business rivalry
U2’s Country Mile and Picture of You (X + W): Two fantastic songs – but it’s hard not to be haunted by what they represent
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
Eve Hewson on finding her own fame: ‘Some people have no idea of the connection or don’t even care. It’s a nice feeling’
When young, she questioned whether people were her friends because they liked her, or because they liked her father Bono
Pretax profits at Clarence Hotel treble to €1.43m
Bono, The Edge and Paddy McKillen snr sold facility last October to the Dean Hotel Group
How U2 helped to transform the teaching of music in Ireland
Music Generation was started with seed money by U2 some 14 years ago and now teaches music to one in 12 children in Ireland
Michael D: The Movie – Higgins in the frame for the Mary Robinson big-screen treatment
Plus: Intercom man’s vote of confidence in Trump; Shane ‘Mullet’ Byrne’s victory in dispute with tenants; and Adam Clayton’s application for gardener gaff
Stewart Copeland of The Police: ‘You can’t beat an old song, but I bang the sh*t out of them’
The composer and drummer’s show, Police Deranged, at Galway International Arts Festival, recalibrates Police songs for a full orchestra
The Rockies Road from Dublin to Colorado’s natural highs
Take a train from summer to snow, go on a moose hunt in the mountains, lose your mind at the Shining hotel or catch a top basketball or ice hockey game
Music project linked to U2 now teaching one in 12 children in the State
Music Generation gave music lessons to 115,000 children last year and is now operating everywhere
Man who failed in bid to sue U2 for €12m fined over hospital disturbance
Maurice Kiely (62), pleaded guilty at to engaging in threatening, abusive, and insulting words or behaviour at St James’s Hospital
The Smashing Pumpkins in 3Arena review: Scintillating, self-absorbed, inspired – and loud
At times you think this might be endurance test but Billy Corgan and crew produce victory in the end
Lankum in Kilmainham: vast, primordial and effortlessly beautiful – just don’t mention Bono
Genre-defying Dublin band leave fans holding their breath in awe with performance at In The Meadows festival
Developer Paddy Kelly suffers again, this time with the RTB’s maximum €60,000 rent arrears bill
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’ Billy Corgan: ‘Taylor Swift is one of the most gifted pop artists of all time’
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
Planning permission for proposed U2 visitor centre expires
The centre was to contain exhibition spaces housing memorabilia from U2′s musical history including old guitars, performance outfits and other paraphernalia
Apple has decided 2024 is the year it annoys everyone. Is its top 100 albums list really that bad?
Apple Music’s best albums list is a fair reflection of where music is at nowadays. But many fans should prepare to be vexed - it turns out to be a bonfire of the musos
Records that shaped me: by Ray D’Arcy, Chupi Sweetman, Joe Duffy, Pauline McLynn, Paul Howard and more
The way we listen to music may have changed but our relationship with recorded sound remains a vital part of who we are
Court dismisses man’s case alleging he wrote U2 song and performed it to Cindy Crawford
Maurice Kiely had sued U2 Ltd, alleging the song ‘A Man and A Woman’ was written by him in 1998 and he performed it for the US model
‘This is like our Christmas’: Music outlets preparing for queues on World Record Store Day
Hard copies of releases from U2, The Cranberries, Fleetwood Mac, Pearl Jam and more to be in demand despite availability of music online
McKillen jnr completes sale of majority stake in Dean hotels
Deal places value of €355m on Dean Hotel Group and opens door for brand’s expansion into Europe and the US
Trinity graduates seek to build multimillion software company for music industry
Co-founders of Naviro are aiming to develop a €160m business in the next five years
St Patrick’s Day Special Music Quiz: On which Dublin street was this photo of The Commitments taken?
Test your knowledge of Irish music down the years with these 10 questions
U2 rank music education scheme as one of their proudest achievements
Band was an original funder of Music Generation which now provides lessons for 85,000 children every year
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