Ripped From the Headlines: A Month of Bono
1. Bono Speaks Out Against Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
2. Bono Is Cool, Green Day Is Not
3. Mexico’s Fox […]

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 • The wedding of Flatley
 • The extraordinary Myers
 • The club of laughter
 • The re-emerging Logan
 • The animated Pope
 • The agreeable Paisley
 • The iPod for Bono
 • […]

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Channel 4 thinks they know who might be on the confidential shortlist. Don’t we go through this ‘Bono and Bob show’ every year?
Just think […]

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Trup Trup a Chapaillín - Or, Giddy Up There Pony. The first song I learned at school, but being aged four, and it being a […]

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The Cliffs of Moher. You crawl to the edge, and your testicles crawl somewhere else. Such is the power of nature and a sheer drop […]

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As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the UK charts (which are the main music charts Irish people listen/are subjected to), the UK Chart […]

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Since we keep an eye on Bono at Irish KC, we should report that U2 have been criticized for recently moving a fair chunk of […]

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Showing that it’s almost impossible these days to draw up a list without an Irish reference, so far - and there’s a ways to go […]

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Not sure why, but Van Morrison features in today’s Entertainment section of the Kansas City Star. The Irish musician/singer/songwriter, god of Celtic soul, and dabbler […]

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When talking about David Gray being at the Galway Arts Festival, we mentioned Bell X1. They too now get their space in the Galway Independent […]

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A bunch of music journos in the British Observer have compiled a list of 50 albums that changed pop music. No albums by Irish performers […]

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If legalizing the illegal Irish in Kansas City and beyond is your cup of tea, you might want to support the CD No Paddy Left […]

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If you’ve missed the last almost thirty years, it might have escaped your notice that U2 began life as what we lovingly refer to as […]

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The European Commission has published a poll today showing that Ireland is very strongly in favour of its EU membership. 77% of Irish people believe […]

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The Forbes magazine list of the 100 most powerful celebrities, which ranks stars according to earnings, column inches and internet presence, has just one Irish […]

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Ok, I’m only mentioning this Irish story from The Spoof because it’s longer than something I’d write, and the headline promised more than what the […]

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Speaking of the National Review list of Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs of All Time (or the last fifty years, if you prefer), John J. […]

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Speaking of Irish singers and Bamoko, there’s a podcast interview by Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor, with Mr Bono over in Mali at the […]

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Refreshingly, the National Review reminds us that not all Rock’n’Roll is Bruce Springsteen and Mrs McGrath.
Yes, much of it is actually conservative - from […]

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An Irish singer-songwriter from Kilkenny, Majella Murphy, has become the first artist to launch an entire album exclusively on a mobile phone. It must mean […]

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