Ali Hewson Ali Hewson Alison Hewson (née Stewart; born 23 March 1961) is an Irish activist and businesswoman. She is the wife of singer and musician Paul Hewson, known as Bono, from the rock group U2. Raised in Raheny, she met her future husband at age 12 at Mount Temple Comprehensive School, and married him in 1982. She was awarded a degree in politics and sociology from University College, Dublin (UCD) in 1989. The couple have four children together and live at residences in Ireland, France, and the United States. She has inspired several U2 songs, most famously "Sweetest Thing." Hewson became
Barbara Hewson the debate. Hewson then wrote an article for spiked amplifying her views. Barbara Hewson Barbara Hewson is an Irish barrister with a practice in public law. Hewson specialises in Court of Protection work, human rights, judicial review, and regulatory defence cases. She is interested in reproductive health and the rights of pregnant women, the mentally incapacitated and the mentally ill. Hewson has appeared in a number of high-profile cases. In the 1990s, she campaigned against court-ordered treatment of pregnant women, claiming that family courts were depriving women of fundamental rights to personal autonomy and to a fair trial. She was