The recipient of the 2014 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian award is to be the surgeon, Dr John Beavis, the founder of an organisation dedicated to the relief of suffering and poverty in conflict zones.

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AN 80-year-old Irish priest, who made international headlines last year when held captive for a month by rebels in the Philippines, received a prestigious humanitarian honour, at the weekend.

AN 80-year-old priest, held captive for a month by rebels in the Philippines a year ago, will be presented with the 2010 Hugh O’Flaherty Humanitarian Award, in Killarney at the weekend.

AN UNSUNG Irish war hero credited with saving thousands of lives is to be honoured with an international humanitarian award in his name.

THE thousands of Munster men who died in the first world war are to be honoured at separate events in Cork and Kerry.