In the name of love ... Is this U2s biggest fan?

As U2 tune up for tomorrow’s The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 in Croke Park, Dublin, Olivia Kelleher meets their biggest fan.

U2 super fan, James Coughlan, has seen the band in concert 39 times, has a number of U2 tattoos, and disappeared from home for a day as a teenager when he heard a rumour that the band would be playing at the “Lark by the Lee” festival in Cork.

James, who is from Kilrush, Co Clare, was in Croke Park in 1987 when he was 17 for the Joshua Tree tour. He will also be up the front for the special 30th anniversary album gig at the same venue.