Self Aid at 40: Ireland's Star-Studded Effort to Combat 1980s Unemployment

Self Aid at 40: How U2, Bob Geldof and Ireland’s biggest stars tried to create jobs

The organisers of Self Aid – Ireland’s response to the unemployment crisis of the 1980s, and inspired by Live Aid – knew it was a contentious undertaking, but few anticipated that its very name would have a labour union up in arms.