U2 win court case over hat

In a case U2 sued Lola Cashman for the return of mementos she said she had been given when she worked with them in the 1980s.

Dublin's circuit civil court ordered Cashman to return the items -- which included a Stetson hat, a pair of black trousers, and earrings Bono had worn during the band's 1987 Joshua Tree tour -- within seven days.

"The weight of the evidence was entirely against Ms Cashman in this case," Judge Matthew Deery told the court after hearing two days of testimony.

He described as "unlikely" Cashman's claim that the items were gifts, and accepted there was a strict protocol in relation to the archiving of the band's working wardrobe.

Bono told the court in his testimony last week he would not have given Cashman the items, which he said had iconic status.