The musician born David Evans was one of more than 7,500 people who became citizens in a series of ceremonies in southwest ...

Ireland has one of the highest rates of natural population growth in Europe. CSO figures point to around 20,000 last year – 55,500 births minus 35,500 deaths.

In 2022, Dublin’s population of 1.45 million accounts for just under 30 per cent of the Republic’s total, with Cork City next on the list accounting for just 222,333 or 4 per cent.

U2’s Bono and the Edge give David Letterman a tour of their native Dublin as well as the band’s catalog in an upcoming Disney+ music special.