Robbie sings at farewell soiree
Bono moves in unmysterious ways. On Tuesday night he was in 37 on Dawson Street and in the Shelbourne the following night with The Simon Carmody Community. (I was walking down Lower Baggot Street last Sunday morning when I spotted Simon Carmody wearing his rock star sunglasses with no sunshine to be protected from in the D4 sky — doubtless he was on his breathless way to his messianic master, the lead singer in U2. Still, I often wonder, should, God forbid, Bono ever exit stage left before his time, would Ali take Simon in or would, more probably, Guggi & Gavin adopt him?)
Moving on from that imponderable, Guggi and Simon were in House — sans Bono — on Wednesday night for Robbie Keane’s farewell party. Brian Ormond and Pippa O’ Connor (who were in the Powerscourt Hotel last Saturday night) also attended, as did Irish golfer Shane Lowry and Robbie’s former Republic of Ireland team-mates Gary Breen, Damien Duff, and Denis Irwin.
The man-of-the-moment — that’s Robbie not Bono — arrived in House at 11pm, with his family, friends and wife Claudine. The crowd were treated to a performance by traditional Irish singer George Murphy. It wasn’t long before the crowd were chanting Robbie’s name to give them a song. He obliged and performed several Irish songs to his adoring family and friends. Perhaps it was best Bono wasn’t there, as his ego would have been bruised.