WE ALL LIKE to catch up with old friends when we go abroad, but tonight former US President Bill Clinton went one better than the rest of us.

While in town for official engagements, he went out for dinner at a Dublin city centre restaurant Fire on Dawson St… and caught up with none other than Bono (who surely must be due the title of Official One-Man Irish Celeb Welcoming Committee any day now) and golfer Rory McIlroy.

We don’t know if they were all seated together, but if they were, we’d love to have earwigged while they chatted over dinner.

Thanks to Alan Andrews/Coffee Culture for the kind permission to use this photograph.

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