U2 have fallen seven places on this year's Sunday Times Rich List.

IT BEGAN as a small family-run quarry in rural Derrylin, Co Fermanagh, and has evolved to become one of this country’s most phenomenal corporate success stories, employing more than 6,500 people in various locations throughout Europe.

Ireland's richest person is Hilary Weston, the wife of Canadian Galen Weston, who owns Brown Thomas, A-Wear and BT2 in Ireland.