Campaigner Geldof gets special honour from RCSI

HUMAN rights campaigner and rock star Bob Geldof, was yesterday conferred with an honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in recognition of his contribution to charity and efforts in tackling world poverty.

Geldof was chosen in recognition of his efforts to cancel Third World debt and improve government responses to poverty, famine and genocide.

The conferring was followed by the seventh Annual Leadership Lecture, delivered by Geldof, in which he spoke of the responsibility of leaders and the need to be true to the promises that are made by the powerful to the weak.