Tóibín set to take doctorate honour

ACTOR and comedian Niall Tóibín is to receive an honorary doctorate of arts in his native Cork next week.

Tóibín set to take doctorate honour
Thu, 27 May, 2010 - 01:00
Niall Murray - Education Correspondent

The 80-year-old will receive the honour at University College Cork on June 4, the day after a civic reception is staged for him at Cork City Hall by Lord Mayor Dara Murphy.

He will be honoured by the college alongside retired Supreme Court judge Francis Murphy and Cork-born musician Robert Lamb.

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