Five artists of the Apollo were the ones who got their hands dirty

The celebrities brought the media, but they also brought the activists, writes Michael Clifford

Come on home, Bono, all is forgiven. Perhaps it is appropriate that in the week Bono’s band announce a new tour, the value of celebrity endorsement has been brought home to us all.

Apollo House is to be vacated today. Since December 16, the office block in the centre of Dublin has occupied the national consciousness, dragging the issue of homelessness to the front of the political agenda.