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
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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
‘We are happy with the price’: Music promoter Denis Desmond on buying Rory Gallagher’s guitar
Fender Stratocaster is acquired for more than €1 million at auction in London
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
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
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
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
Folk band Lankum win RTÉ Choice Music album of year
Jazzy named artist of the year and breakthrough artist at annual RTÉ music awards
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
Boylesports reviews Irish operations
Seen & Heard: Ardstone’s Milltown plans; Parkgate Street office scheme scrapped; and celebs pile into craft brewer
U2′s The Edge secures planning permission for Dalkey home
The Edge secures planning permission for south Dublin site has been vacant since mid-1990s
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles - A guest-packed sonic extravaganza
Former drummers of The Cure and Siouxsie and The Banshees unite with producer Jacknife Lee
U2’s Bono and The Edge sell Clarence hotel to group owned by Paddy McKillen jnr and Matt Ryan
The two musicians have owned the landmark hotel for over three decades
U2 live in Las Vegas: An unforgettable gig unlike any other
U2:UV Achtung Baby Live, the band’s new Las Vegas set, sounds, looks and feels like no other gig you’ve been to
‘We’d love it’: The Edge on U2 returning with Larry Mullen jnr to the Las Vegas Sphere in 2024
U2’s residency-opening show went ‘way better than I ever could have expected or hoped for’, says the band’s guitarist
U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere in Las Vegas: What the first reviews say
What did the world’s media think of the most ambitious performance in the Irish band’s history?
‘I’ve never experienced anything like it’: U2 fans on the band’s Las Vegas Sphere debut
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
Bono says united Ireland would be ‘wonderful’ but two states still at ‘dating stage’
U2 guitarist The Edge said change could not be imposed on North and supported John Hume community focus
U2 at the Las Vegas Sphere: 25 dates, $1m a show and 1,586 speakers to blast out the hits
Friday marks the first of 25 shows as part of the band’s UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere concert
Tina Turner obituary: A walking, strutting, shimmying ball of talent and contradiction
Singer enjoyed some success performing with her abusive husband Ike, but returned solo later in life as a global superstar
BNY Mellon sets up Dublin AI hub, Revolut’s Irish business customers, and tax-free gains
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U2-backed Endeavor joins forces with KPMG and Maples to mentor ‘high-impact founders’
Advisers will work with Irish entrepreneurs and others in Endeavor’s international network looking to do business here
Life’s saving graces come in all sizes. U2’s music helped save mine
Having served as the soundtrack to my life, U2′s music became an escape during treatment for a tumour
Johnny Fean obituary: Horslips guitarist who stood shoulder to shoulder with the best in the world
Band changed the landscape of Irish rock music forever and Johnny Fean was a crucial ingredient in that
Losing the Edge: Ryan Tubridy fluffs his questions for U2 guitarist
Radio: The exiting Late Late Show host’s chummy chat underlines why he needs to focus on his radio game
A Sort of Homecoming: Bono and the Edge are a revelation as they go back to their roots with cantankerous David Letterman
Documentary is perfectly conventional and thumpingly agreeable and heart-warming
Bono: Pressure to look ‘macho’ stopped me from admitting love of Abba
U2 front man said the Swedish band’s music was like ‘the national anthem for young mothers’
Ultimate U2: The Irish rock giants’ 20 best tracks, in order
The band release Songs of Surrender, featuring rerecordings of 40 songs from their catalogue, tomorrow. Here’s our choice of U2′s best songs
U2: Songs of Surrender – A cynical cash grab? Put your preconceptions aside
These ‘reinterpreted’ tracks are a reminder that, whether you like them or not, U2 have some exceptional songs in their back catalogue
U2′s The Edge: ‘I’ve always got an eye out for food that’s not highfalutin’
The Edge’s cultural highlights, from the resurgence of Irish folk music to he scientific theory that connects us all
Bono, Edge and Letterman mooch about a Dublin so old and gloomy even the crow’s feet have crow’s feet
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
U2 sued by Dublin musician over alleged misuse of song he claims he wrote
Maurice Kiely claims he wrote song entitled A Man and A Woman which is included on U2′s 2004 album
Ella McSweeney: Tomnafinnoge is a mere sliver of what was Wicklow’s Amazon forest
The battle to save it started in the 1970s and what transpired could be scripted as a blockbuster mystery film
U2 drummer Larry Mullen will not play in band’s Las Vegas residency
Statement on band’s website says drummer will undergo surgery in 2023
The Music Quiz: Which 1980s U2 record is not represented on their new ‘reimagined’ compilation album?
Plus: Who sang the theme song for The SpongeBobSquarePants Movie?
U2 are doing a Taylor Swift and covering their own songs. Are the results any good?
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
‘Everything was wiped and it was like taking a different child home’
Extra year of Jack & Jill home nursing care a huge relief for families
Bono on fame: ‘Paul is dead. I live here. I’m f***ing Bono’
As part of the Experience + Innocence show in Paris U2's lead singer has lots to say on Trump, the perils of success and how he’s only half a man without Ali
Nuritas to rent office block next to Mansion House
Biotech firm relocating to 16,000sq ft facilities at Joshua House on 20-year lease
Is U2's new album Songs of Experience the most human Bono has been in a while?
Review: song-by-song guide to band’s 14th album
The 10 best U2 songs, as seen from Britain
The Guardian has selected its 10 favourite songs by ‘the Irish four-piece’
U2 delay new album due to Donald Trump’s victory
The Edge says the band needs to reconsider certain songs after US presidential election
Bono and The Edge invest in Dublin food-tech start-up Nuritas
U2 members put cash into product geared to tackle Type 2 diabetes
U2’s The Edge makes history as he rocks Sistine Chapel for cancer
Guitarist plays four songs for cancer conference attendees at the Vatican venue
U2’s The Edge to build Malibu homes, despite opposition
Guitarist plans to construct five hilltop homes in the California celebrity enclave
Love all at tennis ace’s Killiney home – asking €2.3m
Former home of Wimbledon tennis ace Joshua Pim with gardens and tennis court
In the name of love: U2 gear up for start of world tour
iNNOCENCE + EXPERIENCE stage show will not play Dublin in present form
Close to the Edge on Killiney Hill Road for €2.85 million
This well presented six-bedroom Victorian house on the exclusive Killiney Hill Road – and up the road from the U2 guitarist – has it all thanks to a tasteful overhaul in recent years
Bono to have surgery after injuring arm while cycling
U2 forced to pull out of Tonight Show appearance after singer falls in Central Park
Fallon & Byrne outlet planned for U2’s hotel site
Dollard House was earmarked for expansion of Clarence Hotel
Bono’s Dublin: ‘A long way from where I live’
When U2 struggled with their new album they sought inspiration in 1970s Dublin, a place of hidden violence, home to a new-wave music scene and a group of friends who were not yet U2. ‘A lot of sh*t got dragged up,’ says Bono
The rattle and hum of this band's history
An album with typically sumptuous production, shot through with sounds that could only come from one band; but initially this one doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its many Danger Mouse-d parts
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