Rugby coach Kidney gets UCC award

IRELAND rugby coach Declan Kidney was one of four former UCC graduates honoured last night at the university’s annual alumni achievement awards.

Kidney, who recently steered Ireland to victory over Argentina — thus securing World Cup high ranking status — was honoured alongside Dr Barry Keane, a paediatric cardiologist at Harvard Medical School; renowned composer and uilleann-piper Dr Tomás Ó Canainn, and Dick Lehane, former senior vice president of manufacturing at EMC.

The awards are given to honour graduates who have obtained extraordinary distinction and success in their chosen fields.