A surgeon to the stars, a humanitarian, a business leader, and a pioneering dental researcher who has inspired a generation of dentists, are to be honoured by their university for making their mark on the world stage.

A TELECOMS tycoon, who used €1 million of his fortune to found a charity, has appealed to the people of his home county for help building or repairing 3,000 homes in poverty-stricken Haiti.