THE achievement of two Irish rock stars in stirring the collective conscience of the world’s industrial nations into wiping out billions of debt owed by some of the world’s poorest nations is truly monumental.

Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof today hailed the G8’s decision to write off $55bn in developing world debt as a “victory for millions of campaigners across the world”.

Campaigning rocker Bob Geldof has slammed international efforts to eradicate poverty in Africa as "a complete and utter disgrace".

Bob Geldof is retuning to Africa 20 years after the Live Aid extravaganza which he organised to alleviate famine and poverty in Ethiopia.

Bob Geldof has ordered British Prime Minister Tony Blair to deliver an expletive-laden message to US President George W Bush to wipe out poverty in Africa.

The empty promise made four years ago by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern before world leaders to meet United Nations overseas aid targets by 2007, has come back, once more, to deeply embarrass the Government and the country.

The Government’s failure to keep its promises on aid to the developing world is shameful, rock star and humanitarian Sir Bob Geldof said today.

Tony Blair must return Ethiopian sacred objects and ancient artefacts looted by British troops more than a century ago and now locked up in museums and royal palaces, a leading scholar demanded today.

LIVE Aid founder Bob Geldof condemned Tony Blair’s attempts to tackle world poverty as “guff and grandiose schemes”.

Live Aid founder Bob Geldof today condemned Tony Blair’s “guff and grandiose schemes” to tackle world poverty.