Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, have settled a €38,000 personal injury claim by their former gardener who said she had fallen on to rocks while preparing to put up supports for a wisteria plant.
The exact amount of the settlement, announced yesterday in the Circuit Civil Court, was not divulged publicly.
The claim was made by Abigail O'Donovan (43), Oldcourt Drive, Bray, Co Wicklow, who sued Bono under his real name, Paul Hewson, and his wife. Vincent Scallan, counsel for Ms O'Donovan, told the Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Matthew Deery, that the claim had been settled and could be struck out.
Ms O'Donovan claimed she had been employed by the Hewsons at their home at Temple Hill, Vico Road, Killiney, Co Dublin, as their gardener when she had fallen in May 1999, dislocating her shoulder.
She alleged the accident had been caused by the negligence, breach of duty and breach of statutory duty of the Hewsons.
She claimed she had been standing on a platform of stones which were unstable at the base of the security hut in Bono's garden. She stood on the platform to survey a wall to find the best place to anchor support wires for a wisteria plant but had fallen on to the rocks.
The Hewsons had entered a full defence to the claim.