Larry Mullen Jr. band, he has been involved in philanthropic causes throughout his career, including Amnesty International. As a member of U2, Mullen has received 22 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2016, "Rolling Stone" ranked Mullen the 96th-greatest drummer of all time. Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. was the middle child and only son of Laurence Joseph Mullen Sr. and Maureen (née Gaffney) Mullen, was born on 31 October 1961 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland, and lived there, on Rosemount Avenue, until his twenties. His father was a civil servant and his mother a homemaker.
Rónán Mullen a Diploma in Legal Studies and a Barrister-at-Law degree from King's Inns. While studying, he and Michael Deasy were the members of the victorious King's Inns team in "The Irish Times" debating final in 2000. Mullen is the only former winner of that competition to be elected to the Oireachtas. Mullen was called to the Irish Bar in 2003. In October 2001, he began a weekly column with the "Irish Examiner" and later moved to the "Irish Daily Mail". He also writes occasionally for other publications, including "The Irish Catholic". He teaches courses in Law, Communication and Personal Development in