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.

A group campaigning for international debt relief has called on the Taoiseach to live up to his commitments on the cancellation of Third World debt.

Anti world debt campaigners will march on the Canadian embassy in Dublin today to highlight the lack of action on the issue, in advance of this weeks G8 summit.