Recognising services to the State - National honour

Former US president Bill Clinton was conferred with an honorary doctorate at Dublin City University.

So was Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, and the founder of Glen Dimplex, Martin Naughton, while later this month, former taoiseach Enda Kenny is to receive an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, NUI Galway.

All are well deserved recipients, and the pity is that they are not receiving a national honour.