Bono urged people to dig deep into their pockets and bring hope to the homeless as he led a Christmas Eve busk in Dublin city centre. Bono urged people to dig deep into their pockets and bring hope to the homeless as he led a Christmas Eve busk in Dublin city centre. U2’s Bono urges crowd to dig deep for homeless as he busks in DublinU2’s frontman and guitarist The Edge joined dozens of other performers outside the atmospheric 19th-century Gaiety Theatre in the heart of Dublin’s main Grafton Street shopping district. Despite a booming economy evidenced by the bustling crowd of Christmas Eve shoppers, affordable new houses are not being built quickly enough and rent rates have risen significantly, campaigners have claimed. (left to right) Glen Hansard, Bono and Imelda May take part in the annual Christmas Eve busk on Grafton Street, Dublin (Lorraine O’Sullivan/PA)The were also poetry readings.

Source: Irish Independent December 24, 2018 20:55 UTC