Bob Geldof donates Band Aid materials to National Library of Ireland

"I sold some conkers outside my house in October to raise fifteen pounds for the people in Ethiopia".

Musician and campaigner Bob Geldof has donated a vast archive of material from the Band Aid Africa famine relief effort to the Irish state.

Hundreds of letters from private individuals and well-known public figures, artwork, poetry and musical recordings are among the trove of memorabilia from the 1984 fundraiser given to the National Library of Ireland in Dublin.