Bono is guest speaker to editors

U2 frontman Bono is guest speaker to 1,200 publishers, newspaper executives and editors who are gathering in Dublin this week for a major think tank on the future of the newspaper industry.

The World Association of Newspapers annual conference will be told that, despite prophecies to the contrary, new technologies like the Internet and mobile phones have allowed newspapers to reach more readers than ever before.

This annual conference of WAN is the biggest single media event to be staged in the Republic.