ANNA O'COINNE RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE
Pictured at the ceremony were (left-right) Brian Joyce, Pádraic MacKernan, NUI Galway President, Dr James J Browne, Anna Ó Coinne, Professor Philip O’Leary and Liam Connellan.
The conferring of Honorary Degrees took place at NUI Galway on Friday, 26th June 09. Those honoured were from the spheres of engineering Liam Connellan, business Brian Joyce, public service Pádraic MacKernan, philanthropy Anna Ó Coinne and education Professor Philip O'Leary.
NUI Galway President, Dr James J. Browne, speaking at the conferring ceremony said: “NUI Galway is fortunate to be associated with many outstanding honorary graduates throughout its history, and those being honoured this year form a particularly distinguished group. Each has been outstanding in their own way, and NUI Galway is very pleased to be in a position to recognise these exceptional individuals”.
 In 1989, Galway business woman Anna Ó Coinne became involved in raising funds to finance research into Breast Cancer being pioneered by Professor Fred Given at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) in Galway. Working with a voluntary group, Anna became chairperson of the Finance and Planning Committee of the NBCRI. This fund raising group has raised over € 12 million for the NBCRI. Anna's stewardship and attention to detail has allowed the organisation to develop to have an outstanding contribution in the breast cancer research space. During 2010 the Institute will move to a new purpose built Translational Research Centre being constructed by NUI Galway on the grounds of University College Hospital. This project is being financed by major philanthropic donations and includes a major contribution from NBCRI.
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