President of Rwanda gives €50,000 for Joanne’s robot

Rwandan president Paul Kagame has pledged €50,000 for Joanne O’Riordan’s personal robot under construction in Trinity College Dublin.

In what is likely to be more good news for Ms O’Riordan, who was born without arms or legs, it is believed that telecoms billionaire Denis O’Brien is also doing some fundraising for the project.

Mr Kagame was in Dublin over the weekend for the meeting of the UN Broadband Commission.