The Red Ducati was previously owned by his U2 colleague Adam Clayton and the late Michael Hutchence of INXS.
The proceeds from the sale will go to ‘Riders for Health’, a group which provides vehicles and safety training for healthcare workers in Africa.
Bono has dedicated the bike to Hutchence, signing the fuel tank: “To Michael, Bono”.
Riders [...]

The head of the Auctioneers Institute has blamed the slowdown in the property market on Irish Finance Minister Brian Cowen.
Robert Ganly, President of the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute, said the current stamp duty regime was overcomplicated, and that it and uncertainty over future plans was discouraging mobility within the market.
In his annual address to [...]

A house in one of the city’s most desirable addresses sold for a record €2.15million when it went under the hammer on Friday, prompting a city auctioneer to claim that Galway is bucking the national trend of a slump in the market.
Last year, a similar property on the same road sold for €1.5m at auction.
Bidding [...]

One of Galway’s best-known pubs. Cullinane’s Savoy Bar, has been sold at auction to an unknown buyer for the record price of €8.1 million
The property was sold jointly by Colm O’Donnellan of O’Donnellan Joyce Auctioneers, and Galway Real Estate. The auction took place last Friday, and there were “three or four bidders”, according to a [...]

A residential farm on 51ac in Co Limerick was sold prior to auction.
De Courcy Estate Agents in Limerick were guiding the sale of the property at Ballyneety, Shanagolden, Co Limerick at over €900,000. It is understood to have made more than this.
The purchaser was a local with farming interests.
The land was offered for sale in [...]