Bono sat with PBS and CBS newsman Charlie Rose last week for a fascinating interview about his activism and future music with U2 among other subjects. The hour-long session flew by as Bono shared all kinds of stories about American politicians and tech leaders, and how they’re shaping a new way forward on the continent of Africa.

Ireland’s leader Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton have announced that Squarespace, the leading all-in-one website publishing platform, plans to establish its EMEA Headquarters in Dublin along with the creation of 100 new jobs.

The Department of Homeland Security expect that applications for high-skilled immigration visas, H-1B visas will be far greater than the numbers they will supply.

Evert and Kate Bopp, founders of the Irish charity Disaster Tech Lab, have been invited to the White House. The Bopps, who founded their organisation in response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, have recently been working in the Rockaway area of New York City as part of the disaster relief effort following hurricane Sandy.

Bono addressed many of the world's top technology entrepreneurs at the Founders conference in Dublin's Mansion House on Friday.

While there is no shortage of high spec homes on the market, few can compete with this house in Cloosh, Kinvara, Co Galway. This six bedroom, six bathroom passive-type home is being sold fully furnished with interior design finish and a year's supply of eco-friendly fuel – all the new owner will have to do is stock the fridge.

The Irish born, software-tech Mentoring initiative, designed to teach school kids computer coding, known as CoderDojo, has been launched as a voluntary chapter at Microsoft offices in Silicon Valleny, CA.

Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa continues to block passage of an E3 immigration bill for Ireland, and a hi-tech bill for India, China as well as some higher quotas for Hispanics.

Catch up with what the Irish have been reading out so far today.

This Washington DC entrant for this year’s Rose of Tralee, has spoken about her heartbreak over the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

Authorities at Virginia Tech College issued a lock down notice this morning after a suspect was seen carrying a weapon on campus.

John Hartnett, the founder and president of the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG), said that Irish companies can become the next giants of Silicon Valley, in an interview with the Silicon Republic.

A technology expert speaking at the Irish Future Internet Forum, has announced that the Internet in Ireland is rapidly approaching overload.

Two Irish brothers who became dotcom millionaires in their teens have hit the Silicon Valley payola trail again.