Bob Geldof and Prof Marianne Elliott gathered in Trinity’s Public Theatre this afternoon to receive honorary degrees alongside their three fellow awardees and a large cohort of postgraduates. Terry Dwyer, an expert on children’s health; Patrica Oliver, who founded An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit; and James P Smith, an economist famed for linking health and economic status, also received honorary degrees today in ceremonies overseen by Provost Patrick Prendergast and Chancellor of the University of Dublin, Mary Robinson. Conducted entirely in Latin, as is traditional in Trinity, the hour-long ceremony’s oration was probably lost on most of the hundreds of people gathered in the Public … Continue reading Bob Geldof Receives Honorary Degree from Trinity