Meet UCC’s latest inspiring honorary doctors

A week ago, University College Cork reminded us how much creative talent exists within this country when it awarded doctorates to notables from the design and art world.

In particular, fashion designer Don O’Neill, furniture designer Joseph Walsh, and director of the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation, and Glucksman Gallery board member, Nicholas Fox Weber.

All three, it seems, were genuinely surprised when the invitations landed on the mat — for New York-based, Don O’Neill, it prompted a rare pause for a man who produces 14 dress collections a year.