He doesn’t care he is getting an award. Jeez

Shh!
We’re not supposed to talk about that.

They left too…just as the generous tax incentives for artists was reduced…but hey, details.

genius

I thought you were dead

Yeah.
I was annoyed when you didn’t get signed to a major label too.

Your gigs outside Cafe En Seine were legendary.
Sony and EMI missed out by not signing “Alan and the Troikas”.

I’ll never forget where I was when you played support to “Irish Revolution”*
That was some gig. You stole the show with your voice. It was, in your lingo; ‘totes amazeballs’.

Your words, just like the words of everyone you have ever supported, were really original. Nobody had ever heard dissent like yours before. It was amazing. No. Wait! It was amazeballs!!!
The way you took down the corporate machine that is Bono changed the world forever.
I was left in awe when your words inspired world leaders to meet with you, and almost collapsed with glee when I heard both Hilary Clinton and Vladimir Putin use the phrase “Amazeballs”.

The influence you have had on the world stage will not be forgotten.

*I was at home and probably streaming porn.

“Terry O’Dowd needs to know he is not alone and we are with him… he is not alone in the darkness,” Bono told 93,000 fans at the Home Farm football stadium in a gig in September 2012

and then flew on to the next gig

‘Minister James O’Reilly needs to know he is not alone and we are with him… he is not alone in the darkness,” Bono told 93,000 fans at the Dublin North Constituency meeting in September 2012

and then flew on to the next gig

what a guy!

James O’Reilly and Bono are the same person.

A joke so old I hear the dinosaurs were telling it to each other

I don’t think Bono belives in Dinosaurs.

I hate begrudgers, and begrugers too ;-)

I hate people that dodge tax and then claim to be some kind of patriot/saint. remember, u2 played on their irishness to get fame and fortune all over the world (Sunday bloody Sunday, half the band born in UK).

Only one of them was born into a Catholic family too.
Disgraceful stuff altogether.

as bono says himself…when an irishman sees a successful person they say “Im gonna get that b******.

as bono says himself….when a Britain sees someone famous they say Im”i wanna be like them”..when an irishman sees a famous person they say “Im gonna get that b******.

That seems to be pretty typical when Irish people become successful

I’m with Pete. He is a great ambassador for the country. If we had more people like him and less of the moaning begrudgery from the couch generation here the country might actually pull itself out of the mire.

Excellent point Paul!

hey terry, just noticed, you look like Bono

have achieved a lot more than you pal.

@ IR – Says you, but no-one else.

lol

facts are facts, bono is full of crap

IR by your own admission your a begrudger then. Proud of that are you?

IR by your own admission you’re a begrudger then. Proud of that are you?

How’s the revolution going?
Do they still have free Wi-Fi on Dame street?

Get a job, hippie!

actually James, i’m a begrudger and have acheived quite a lot. I saved a dog from getting hit by a bus last year and have 3 albums for sale on Beatport/iTunes. suck it.

Good woman Paddy.

can you back that statement up with any hard evidence?

‘Have achieved a lot more than you pal’. Can you substantiate that childish comment please. Yes I worked for years in an independent music store in town and witnessed thousands of people who came to Dublin for no other reason but because U2 live and have their studio here. I’m sure my comment won’t satisfy you though, you’re probably wondering what is this ‘work’ he talks about. Never heard of the word or concept.

that’s a very apt name Mr BULLman

Excellent comment. Does your Dad know you’re playing with his phone?

its my mums phone

You forgot to say pal pal!

Very true rob,on many trips over and back to the u.k in the 80′s I would meet alot of these young people,the wanted to see windmill lane and sign the wall.U2 put Dublin /ireland on the map,well done Bono you deserve it..

It’s not knocking our own really. If he was someone else’s he’d still come across as a bit of a penis.

You’re excused.
Excused from not being delirious with excitement for Bono.
You’re not excused from paying PRSI though.

Everyone with a job has to pay that.

When you can write lyrics which sell on a massive scale across the world, and which make you millions of Euro, then I’ll listen to your complaints about 5 people moving one of their many companies to a country where the tax rate is lower for that particular business.

As for helping Ireland;
In 1986 there was a big concert in Dublin called “Self Aid”.
U2 headlined it.

The country was as broke then as it is now.
We had the same problem of young people fleeing the country in search of work in other places.
That gig didn’t work.
Why did it not work?
Many reasons. Mostly because people keep voting for either FF or FG because that’s what their parents, grandparents and so on voted, thus giving those political parties a comfortable win every time. 90 year old civil war party politics.

Bono is not a TD. He’s not the Taoiseach.
If you want to save this country, then make an informed decision the next time you vote.
Question the candidates when they call to your door. Make them live up to their campaign promises.

Also, if you think for one minute that we have it worse than any single country on the African continent, then you really need to read more about global events.

Despite the current global recession, we are still one of the wealthiest countries on the planet.
Despite the fact that I was thrown out of school at the age of 15, but can still construct an (almost) grammatically correct reply to your jumble of words, we still have one of the greatest education systems in the Western hemisphere, if not the world.

Ask yourself this;
When did Bono ever ask you for money?

The answer is Never.
It never happened.

I suggest you direct your anger towards FF and FG.
They’ve ripped off the tax payers of our country for years, and none of them were involved in the making of “The Joshua Tree”. I’m sure you have a copy, because you “like the old U2″.

As for speaking out against our government; please refer back to “Self Aid”.
The clips can be found on youtube. U2 1986 dublin self aid. Just copy and paste that or something.

Jesus Pip that’s a great comment… You summed it up nicely … I feel the very same as you.. Bono doesn’t mind charging exorbitant prices for his concerts in this country either.. I don’t begrudge him his award but I’d like to see him stand up for the people of this country and talk about what’s going on.. Why hasnt he?? WHY?

Sensitive much???

Only having a laugh at it because it’s an AFP wire report so it reads a little strange to an Irish audience….. But fair enough ;-)

Waiting for you to go first

What are you doing about Irish Poverty?

lots, making people aware of the ?1 billion handed over to bondholders on 1st October is the current mission.

Are you doing that on Dame street?
Sorry, but most of us can’t see you from here.

I’m sure your 191 twitter followers are revolting.

Irish revolution from his ma’s garage in his y fronts and ” i shot j.r.” t-shirt…..get to bed son, your ma’s i.c.a. meetings early in the morning .

knobend

that’s Mr. k*****d to you sir.

Your too young to remember self – aid ? He could just do nothing . Ireland unlike 3rd world countries has a welfare system that is comparatively he generous. Spend a week UN a place like Belarus and you’ll be glad you live here , poor or not.

We Have no poverty in ireland Relative to Many other Countries Irish Poverty. I’d advise you to visit a Country like Malawi, then you’ll See Real Poverty, and people who recieve no social welfare and get on with their Lives. Lives that in most cases turn out to be short.

Why the Hell would Bono Give Charity to Irish People, We are very fortunate in this country, but unfortunately most people have their heads too far up their own holes to appreciate this.

Irish poverty doesn’t exist. Get real!

The eagle has landed?…more like the ego has landed!

The troll who leaves a comment complaining about the site as if they are forced to use it….Check!!

@ Ray.. F**k off

Ha. Ray is correct though. It’s like a taxi drivers’ conference in here.

He has a degree in begrudgery. Oh and make his point by calling people pal. Sure you’d be shitting yourself.

shut it pal

Or?

or wot pal?

Like I thought…..not the sharpest tool in the box.

People don’t “hate” him. They just think he’s a plonker and perhaps a hypocrite for demanding governments spend more tax money on the poor and then avoiding it himself.

Here’s a quote apparently St. Bono made, “The point of the death of Christ is that Christ took on the sins of the world, so that what we put out did not come back to us, and that our sinful nature does not reap the obvious death. That’s the point. It should keep us humbled”. Humbled????

Because neither Westlife or Thin Lizzy make such ridicules overblown statements as that self-righteous, self-centered billionaire, I mean
“Mexico needs to know you are not alone and we are with you… you are not alone in the darkness,” to 93,000 fans at football stadium’s around the world, I would be LMFAO only this is so serious.

That drug war has cost over 40, 000 deaths since Felipe Calderon came to power in 2006, he runs a corrupt and bloodthirsty regime, that man has a lot of blood on his hands, those are the hands that will present bono with his medal

He yet again belittles something he knows nothing about

Give me Thin Lizzy over U2 anyday

Simon, why don’t you piss off

I agree.

Maybe concentric , centre of attention!!