Cork man who helped shape US immigration policy among UCC alumni to be honoured   

Skibbereen native Sean Minihane was among a group of Irish and Irish Americans who established the Irish Immigration Reform Movement in New York in 1987

US Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer was among those to congratulate Irish immigration pioneer Sean Minihane (pictured).

A Cork man who has helped shape American immigration policy over the last four decades is among a group of University College Cork (UCC) graduates who are set to be honoured by the university.

Skibbereen native Sean Minihane, 59, who along with a group of Irish and Irish Americans established the Irish Immigration Reform Movement (IIRM) in New York in 1987 to give a voice to Irish immigrants, is among the five alumni who will receive UCC’s alumni achievement awards on Friday night.