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(Above:  Edge, Paul McGuinness and nine-year-old Siofra Marum from Portlaoise at the announcement of a new two-year research partnership entitled ‘Developing Diversity in Music Education in Ireland’ yesterday.)

U2 have given away the profits from their Irish concerts to charity, the band’s manager Paul McGuinness has revealed.

The band donated €5 million from their three Croke Park concerts in 2009 to Music Generation, a charity that provides funding for structured music education across the country.

Their three Croke Park concerts in 2005 would probably have generated similar revenues, while the band also played two concerts at Slane Castle in 2001.

Mr McGuinness said it had been the band’s practice “going way, way back” to give the profits away but it “was discreetly done in the past”.

Hmm.

U2 gave profits from Irish gigs to charity (Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times)

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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