IEThe Irish Times
Love Bono or loathe him, we could all do with a little more of his sanctimony
If art is going to be political - and I mostly wish it wouldn’t - this is the way to do it
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- #12529
- First seen
- 22 Sept 2026, 13:13 UTC
- Last checked
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:58 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata

- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 26 Feb 2026, 06:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Finn McRedmond
- Section
- Not supplied
Source-supplied excerpt
If art is going to be political - and I mostly wish it wouldn’t - this is the way to do it
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Love Bono or loathe him, we could all do with a little more of his sanctimony
If art is going to be political - and I mostly wish it wouldn’t - this is the way to do it
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Evidence layer
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- Capture ID
- #13145
- Observed
- 22 Sept 2026, 13:13 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 643,572 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt