Readers' blog: True-blue Dub Bob Geldof was ‘dubbed’ by UK’s Queen

Many times during the recent exchanges between Bob Geldof and Dublin City Council on the heated issue of sharing the Freedom of the City of Dublin with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr Geldof reminded us ad nauseam that he is a proud ‘Dub’.

Readers' blog: True-blue Dub Bob Geldof was ‘dubbed’ by UK’s Queen
Fri, 22 Dec, 2017 - 00:00

Many times during the recent exchanges between Bob Geldof and Dublin City Council on the heated issue of sharing the Freedom of the City of Dublin with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr Geldof reminded us ad nauseam that he is a proud ‘Dub’.

Sure aren’t we all aware of that. Wasn’t it no other than Queen Elizabeth II who ‘dubbed’ him in 1986?

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