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The latest Irish celebrity to speak out against the Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump is Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats. He has some pretty strong words. Speaking at the One Young World Summit in Ottawa, Canada, before an audience of 1,300, Geldof proclaimed, “Who believes any more that trade amongst the nations will lift us all out of the great evil that everyone has spoken of, poverty? And especially now that a liar, a fool and a racist vomits his bile on to the disinherited of the United States!” The Live Aid founder classified Trump as one...

The musician-turned-activist reckons the world will end in 2030 - leading to the extinction of humankind. Sir Bob, 61, based his miserable prediction on the effects of climate change. “The world can decide in a fit of madness to kill itself," he told a group of youngsters at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. “We may not get to 2030. We need to address the problem of climate change urgently” Sir Bob Geldof The former Boomtown Rats singer also warned "the next war will not be a World War One or a World War Two, it will be the end."...