Comment Eithne Shortall: The unusual silence of some celebrities on Gaza speaks volumesActs like Kneecap and Lankum have taken brave stands on the conflict, while the usually vocal Bono has said very little
Art & Design ‘It wasn’t until I had done half of them that I realised this was a collaboration with my dad’Guggi’s latest exhibition, Them, running at the Kerlin Gallery, traces the visual artist’s complex relationship with his late parents
The Last Post X is for Twitter: Matt Cooper’s A to Z of Irish business stories in 2023Our columnist takes a look back at a bumpy year in Irish business
The Big Interview Allen Duffy, Vuelta: ‘The quality of productions from the Irish film industry is phenomenal’The Monaghan-born chief financial officer is trying to consolidate a new force in Europe’s independent film and TV industry as part of the Vuelta Group
Connected Magazine Tech takes U2 out of this world with Las Vegas concertU2’s groundbreaking Sphere concert transformed Vegas into a tech wonderland, writes Jess Kelly
Technology Bono-backed on-demand trucking company comes to a haltConvoy, a company in which both Bono and the Edge were early investors, is to close down.
Companies Bono and Edge sell their stake in Dublin’s Clarence Hotel after 30 yearsThe multi-million euro transaction sees the Clarence Hotel transfer to the group owned by Paddy McKillen junior and Matt Ryan
Letter From America Marion McKeone: U2’s latest Las Vegas gamble pays off in spectacular style Revolutionary venue Sphere and U2 have together delivered something extraordinary, ground-breaking and unforgettable: the immersive future of live entertainment
Profit & Loss Profit & Loss: Disney has post-pandemic boon and U2 stay tight-lipped on dividendsRevealing who is up and who is down as we go inside the world of private Irish businesses
Companies The Money Tree: U2-controlled company books €24m losses after paying out dividendsNot Us Limited recorded a loss of €24.4 million in 2022 after paying out dividends
Music Beautiful Pay: U2’s Vegas earnings may be the Sweetest ThingU2’s 17-date Las Vegas residency should earn the band over €100 million, putting the band among the city’s highest-ever earners from concert series
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Bono’s paradoxical life between the material and immaterial worlds‘An artist is not a sacred soul because they make art,’ writes the U2 lead singer in an engaging memoir that is far more than the sum of its parts
The Last Post Matt Cooper: A genuinely iconic building gets a new and public-friendly lease of lifeThe former Central Bank on Dublin’s Dame Street, designed by the late Sam Stephenson, has been refurbished and renewed – and the skateboarders who flocked there in previous decades may even be welcomed back
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Will U2 hit the jackpot with a lucrative move to the Vegas stage?With residencies in Las Vegas yielding potentially enormous rewards, U2's latest plan makes good business sense – but audiences are more likely to be treated to the old favourites than any new output
Breath of fresh air: a band doing things the new old-fashioned wayIn an age of laptop projects and solo artists, hotly-tipped Dublin outfit Inhaler have ‘forming a group with your mates in school’ in their very bloodline