Drop-out Bob returns to university to claim his rightful fellowship

By Seán McCárthaigh

One of Ireland's most famous school drop-outs used his appearance at the L&H to lecture students on one of his famous themes Ireland and its parallels with a rat trap.

Sir Bob explained how the Ireland of his youth was the inspiration behind the Boomtown Rats' biggest hit. He told an audience of over 500 students how he emigrated to Britain in the 1970s to escape "being caught" in the rat trap that was Dublin where "the only thing it offered on a Saturday night was a fight.