The rock group U2 and the leader of Burma's outlawed democracy movement are to be given the Freedom of Dublin, it was announced last night. The motion to award Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton along with U2 manager Paul McGuinness and the president of the Burmese National League for Democracy, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, was introduced by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Mary Freehill, and passed unanimous at a meeting of city councillors.
The Lord Mayor said the international success of U2 had raised Dublin's profile overseas and had encouraged young people to visit the city.