German drugmaker saw underlying core earnings increase by one third in Q2

AIM-listed Irish company says revenues rose by 140% last year

U2 lead singer defends rock group’s financial arrangements as ‘sensible’

What started as an idea to raise money from sketches Bono drew of his father has turned into a book featuring international stars in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation, writes Kathy Gilfillan

Also, a problem with a Leap Card; and Lotto iPhone app ‘as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike’

Plus, Meteor finally agrees to replace a faulty Samsung mobile phone

U2 guitarist learned to play on ‘modest little’ instrument expected to fetch up to €1,800

SFO says that, on the information available to it, there is insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction

Clinical trials group continues to integrate acquisitions and eye new targets

Company which gave birth to modern electric guitar appoints Bono and Edge to board

Owners include the Edge from U2 and Alison Hewson, wife of Bono

In 2,000 or so entries by more than 200 contributors, a new encyclopedia sets out to chart Irish musical experience across recorded history. Here are 26 of them, from Air to Zozimus