Bono and his fellow U2-ers are stuck in a melee (and they can’t get out of it) over a plan to construct a skyscraper in band members’ native Dublin. The tower, monikered U2 Tower in the name of self-love, would be the highest building in Ireland. Ian Lumley of heritage group An Taisce says the building is not the sweetest thing — it would “be an incongruous blot on the skyline.” Lumley still hasn’t found what he’s looking for: he charges that no environmental impact study was carried out and that “no provision has been made as to the effect of rising sea levels on an entire area earmarked for more residential living as well as businesses.” U2’s likely reaction: We’ll go ahead, with or without you.
