Bono of U2 and former US president Mr Bill Clinton were last night inducted into the Washington-based Academy of Achievement’s hall of fame at a Banquet of the Golden Plate in the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin.

Tight security is in force around the Four Seasons Hotel in south Dublin this afternoon ahead of a highly secretive meeting of past and present world leaders, businessmen and artists.

A secretive gathering of current and former world leaders was getting under way in Dublin today.