Bob Geldof awarded honorary doctorate at Trinity College Dublin today in recognition of his humanitarian and anti-poverty efforts   – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Bob Geldof awarded honorary doctorate at Trinity College Dublin today in recognition of his humanitarian and anti-poverty efforts  




The former Boomtown Rats singer and humanitarian activist Bob Geldof was awarded an honorary docterate at Trinity College Dublin.

Geldof was one of a handful of people to be selected for the prestigious awards which were given at today’s conferring ceremony at TCD at 3pm.

The former singer was given the docterate in recognition of his humanitarian and anti-poverty efforts in Africa which included the hosting of both the Live Aid and Live 8 concerts in 1985 and 2005 respectively.

Amongst others to receive an Honorary Doctorate today included medical researcher Professor Terry Dwyer for his work on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, leading Irish historian Professor Marianne Elliott, and An Taisce environmentalist Patricia Oliver.

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