Bono’s memoir, Stories of Surrender, which is now the subject of a documentary, largely tells the story of the singer and his father, Brendan Robert Hewson. “I always loved my father but I really learnt to like him. I realised how funny he was and how I might have missed some of his humour in … Read more
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We see a side to the U2 frontman we’ve never seen before in a genre-bending Apple TV+ film that is impossible to look away from Bono tells of his terror and trepidation after receiving heart surgery in 2016. Photo: Apple TV+ Bono has never done anything by halves, although his detractors might argue that he … Read more
U2 singer Bono issued a call to “stop war” ahead of performing Sunday Bloody Sunday at the Ivor Novello awards ceremony in London. The performance came as the group became the first Irish songwriters to be awarded an academy fellowship at the 70th year of the awards ceremony, hosted at Grosvenor House on Thursday. Accepting … Read more
We need your help now Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough. If you’ve seen value in our reporting, … Read more
When Domhnall Gleeson was 14 he saved up for a school trip to Egypt to see the pyramids of Giza. He went with a group of classmates from Malahide Community School, and it’s not that the moment was wasted on him, but he says getting to see the pyramids again with “an adult brain”, for … Read more
Bono was on hand at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night for the world premiere of his new Apple documentary, “Bono: Stories of Surrender,” where the U2 frontman received a 7-minute standing ovation following the screening. Bono grew emotional during the minutes-long ovation. As the applause began to wane, he opened his speech with … Read more
The Handmaid’s Tale From Saturday, May 3rd, Prime Video The sixth and final series of the feminist sci-fi drama started on April 15th on RTÉ2, but for those who didn’t catch it on terrestrial TV it’s available for bingeing from Saturday, May 3rd. Elisabeth Moss is brilliant as usual in this series based on the … Read more
A proposed development which attracted opposition from the wives of U2 members Bono and The Edge has been refused planning permission by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Covelo Developments Ltd had applied to build four homes in the grounds of Montebello, a Victorian-era residence on 3.7 acres with a gate lodge, stables and courtyard in Killiney. … Read more
In Killiney, Co Dublin, members of U2’s family are trying to stop a property developer from building four contemporary homes in the grounds of Montebello House, a Victorian pile near the seafront. The wives of Bono and The Edge, businesswoman Ali Hewson and choreographer Morleigh Steinberg, as well as artist and long-time U2 associate Guggi, … Read more